With the Reading Style Inventory (RSI) you can identify a student's learning style specifically for reading.

The RSI generates 2 individual profiles, 4 group profiles, and a parent letter and report about their child.

The RSI profiles describe the student or group's global/analytic tendencies, perceptuals strengths, best reading environment, emotional profile, sociological profile, AND the most effective reading methods and materials to use with each student and group.

Just click on any identified student characteristic (eg., visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic), or any recommended reading method or materials, and you'll recieve detailed teaching strategies for that youngster.

Elements of Reading Style Identified By The Reading Style Inventory©
I. Environmental Stimuli

Does the student read best:
  • SOUND
 with music, with talking, or in silence?
  • LIGHT
 in bright or dim light?
  • TEMPERATURE
 in warm or cool temperature?
  • DESIGN
 in a formal design (hard chair at a desk) or an informal design (soft chair, rug, floor)?
   

II. Emotional Stimuli

When reading, is the student:
  • MOTIVATION
 self-motivated, not self-motivated, motivated by peers, motivated by adults?
  Does the student:
  • PERSISTENCE
 complete reading tasks?
  • RESPONSIBILITY
 do the work agreed upon or assigned?
  • STRUCTURE
 prefer little or much direction, many or few choices of reading materials, require time limits?
   
III. Sociological Stimuli
Does the student read best with:
  • PEERS
 five or six students?
  • SELF
 alone?
  • PAIR
 one other student?
  • TEAM
 three students?
  • ADULT
 a teacher, parent, administrator, etc.?
  • VARIED
 combinations of other students and adults?
   
IV. Physical Stimuli
Does the student read best:
  • PERCEPTUAL
 when taught through his/her visual modality, auditory modality, tactile modality, kinesthetic modality, and/or with a multisensory approach?
  • INTAKE
 when permitted to eat and drink while learning?
  • TIME
 in the early morning, late morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, evening?
  • MOBILITY
 when permitted to move while learning?
   
V. Pyschological Stimuli
Does the student:
  • GLOBAL/ANALYTIC
 learn best when information is presented holistically (globally) and/or logically, step-by-step (analytically)?
 

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