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Identification of Learning Style

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Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies for Medical Students

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People differ in how they view the world, how they take in information, and how they take action based on their perceptions. These differences are inborn gifts of the mind. Where people tend to focus their attention forms a pattern defined as psychological type (Jung, 1923).

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Shain, D.D. (1995). Identification of Learning Style. In: Study Skills and Test-Taking Strategies for Medical Students. Oklahoma Notes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4196-6_1

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