Learning styles measurement for Elementary Education

Abstract This research aimed to collect evidence of validity on the analysis of the internal structure of items in a range of learning styles and to identify learning styles of these students. About 565 students in the 3rd to the 9th years of elementary school public participated in the state of Paraná. We used a Learning Styles Assessment Scale with 80 items, applied collectively. Factor analysis by principal and varimax rotation components, are divided in four structure dimensions for scale. The dimensions are grouped as follows: Dimension 1 - Environmental conditions and personal, with 22 items; Dimension 2 - Social conditions, with 11 items; Dimension 3 - instrumental conditions, with 11 items and size 4 - Conditions of activity; the items in this dimension not grouped in the expected manner, so further studies should be conducted, aimed to refining the instrument. Environmental and personal conditions were the predominant styles in this sample.