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I have a preference for McCarthy's 4MAT to identify learning styles. If you go to her website www.aboutlearning.com, go to the section on differentiation. There are quite a few tools to set you on your way for using learning styles as a layer of differentiation. I also recommend http://www.cse.fau.edu/~maria/COURSES/CAP5...LearningStyles.html
It is a site that allows students (I've only used in on Gr 6 and above) to take a 15 question learning style inventory based on 4MAT. It is a great resource because it explains the learning style type well for each student. I used learning styles extensively as a teacher and found that when I created a group with a Type 1,2,3,and 4 together and designed the group work based on roles for each type, the group work was incredibly powerful and productive. Hope that helps!