This paper presents a learning style for personal development as an alternative for a student in learning a programming subject. The model was developed with the intention to increase awareness of learning style preferences among higher education students and as a guide to excel in the programming subject. The aim of this paper is to integrate the ideal learning style with individual learning preferences in improving the way of learning a programming subject. The study proposes a learning style model based on a human approach to perform a task, and human emotional responses to enable learning to be oriented according to a preferred method. The learning style defines the basic learning preference to make the assessment. A prototype, Learning Style Inventory System (LSIS) was developed to discover an individual learning style and recommend how to manipulate the learning skill. The analysis and comparisons showed that personal learning styles play an important role in a learning process.