Each student is different. That fact is not lost with educators seeking to identify the applicants most likely to succeed in their program and striving to design curricula that meet the needs of a student population with disparate learning styles and values. ATI has developed a tool designed to help educators take the first step. ATI’s Self-Assessment Inventory identifies unique learning style characteristics, quantifies critical thinking components, and serves as a communication tool to improve the understanding of each student’s professional and work values.

With the ATI Self-Assessment Inventory . . .

• Students discover how they learn best and gain insight into their professional and work values that contribute to the learning process.

• Instructors receive valuable information about the class learning style and motivation factors. Achievement gains result when students are taught in ways that complement their unique learning style.

• Administrators benefit from detailed assessments of the student and/or applicant population, which can be used to develop programs to help students acquire the skills they need for academic and career success.

Questions on the Self-Assessment Inventory use a 5-point Likert scale to provide educators with data about the thinking process, learning style, professionalism, and work values of each student. The test includes the following components:

Critical Thinking Subscale — In keeping with ATI’s commitment to measure critical thinking concepts in all products, the self-assessment subtest measures open-mindedness, flexibility, rationality, inquisitiveness, intuitiveness, and reflectiveness.

Learning Styles Subscale — This subtest measures tendencies in each of three learning styles: visual, auditory, and “hands-on” or kinesthetic. In addition, the Learning Styles Inventory measures whether the student is more comfortable learning in individual or group settings.

Professional Characteristics Subscale — This subtest provides data about the student’s stress and coping approach, communication patterns, and perceived personal integrity. Questions relating to nursing understanding assess the student’s knowledge of nursing as a profession.

Work Values Subscale — The work values subtest identifies skills in problem solving, motivation, initiative, self-esteem, leadership, and time management.