A study examined the relationship between educational level of 480 adults and their dominant perceptual learning style as measured by the Multi-Modal Paired Associates Learning Test-Revised. All educational levels scored highest in visual and lowest in olfactory learning; many mean subscale scores differed significantly among various educational…

The Multi-Modal Paired Associates Learning Test-Revised measured 89 high school graduates and 38 dropouts on 7 learning modalities. Both groups scored highest in the visual and lowest in the olfactory modality. Graduates scored higher than nongraduates, suggesting that dropouts are less able to learn from print and aural methods. (SK)