A CONTRIBUIÇÃO DO USO DOS DIFERENTES ESTILOS DE APRENDIZAGEM NA CONQUISTA DE COMPETÊNCIAS MATEMÁTICAS COM ALUNOS DO ENSINO MÉDIO EM ESCOLAS PÚBLICAS ESTADUAIS NA CIDADE DE MANAUS-AM/BRASIL

The Index of Learning Styles # (ILS) is an instrument designed to assess preferences on the four dimensions of the Felder-Silverman learning style model.The Web-based version of the ILS is taken hundreds of thousands of times per year and has been used in a number of published studies, some of which include data reflecting on the reliability and validity of the instrument.This paper seeks to provide the first comprehensive examination of the ILS, including answers to several questions: (1) What are the dimensions and underlying assumptions of the model upon which the ILS is based?(2) How should the ILS be used and what misuses should be avoided?( 3) What research studies have been conducted using the ILS and what conclusions regarding its reliability and validity may be inferred from the data?