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Research into the use of information technology in computing-based education has indicated that students have different abilities, needs and learn in different ways. Following a review of learning styles. This study depends on new learning style instrument, which was constructed using Visual and Active forms of information such as figures, charts and equations rather than depending only on textual information. In a sample of six Masters Students, the learning style of participants was measured twice, once by the VARK questionnaire and once by the developed instrument, which uses both visual and active forms of information. The results of both approaches were compared and an interview with each participant has been conducted to further investigate the outcomes. The results of this study showed that there were significant differences among student preferences of learning. They also revealed that using visual and active content for constructing the learning style instruments has a significant effect on the measured preferred learning style of students.