She recently returned from Malta, where she helped establish a program. She's heard from school officials in Akron, Ohio, England and Africa, and from a teacher at a prison in Arizona. Training is offered at Rowan and in schools. The written student questionnaire, called a Learning Combination Inventory, or LCI, is usually given no earlier than third grade, but last year the Shoemaker School tested it verbally on first-graders. But Johnston stresses there is no best pattern and everyone is a combination of the four.
Most people have a dominant pattern but also use the others.
But some companies, like DuPont, want people who learn in a technical way. We need to encourage it. DuPont has provided grant money for Salem County schools, and is discussing a company-wide program using the professional model. Johnston said knowing employees' learning patterns can help companies create effective teams. Let Me Learn actually began as an adult diagnostic tool.