History of the Institute for Learning Styles Research

Timeline - Involving the Multi-Modal Paired Associates Learning Test and Learning Styles Instruments

1975
  • Russell French, University of Tennessee, developed Learning Styles/Multi-Modal Paired Associates Learning Test theory
  • Article on Teaching Style and Instructional Strategy
  • Article on Teaching Strategies and Learning
  • Daryl Gilley, University of Tennessee, Dissertation: Personal learning styles: Exploring the alternatives
1980
  • Ed Cherry developed MMPALT II and PMPS
1981
  • Ed Cherry, University of Tennessee, Dissertation: The measurement of adult learning styles: Perceptual modality