Are you an adult learner returning to school this year? Are you worried about taking notes, completing assignments and obtaining good grades? Or are you a job seeker learning new ways of finding employment?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions then a solution might be to understand your learning style. Knowing how you learn is important because it deals with how you manage information, how you prefer to study and how you solve problems.

Everyone learns differently. Some students learn using one dominant style and others learn with a combination of styles. Your preference might be very similar to your best friend's or it could also be distinctive and atypical. Researchers have developed many learning style assessments to categorize styles and several are available at no cost online. For example, there is Service Canada’s “How Do I Learn Be