Learning Style Inventory

Kolb’s experiential learning theory is unique in its ability to measure individual learning styles. Learning style inventory is a scale that accurately measure learning styles. The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) was a nine item self-description questionnaire originally created in 1969.  The original LSI has undergone several revisions. Kolb’s LSI is widely used and respected for its reliability and validity. Kolb’s LSI ranks individual’s preferred learning style among the four modes of learning cycle. Purpose of Learning style inventory is to provide learners with information about their preferred approach to learning. The LSI assesses six variables: four primary scores that measure an individual’s relative orientations to four learning modes -Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation- and two combination scores that measure an individual’s preference for abstractness over concreteness and action over reflection.