Learning Style and Intelligence

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Learning Style and Intelligence

• Chapter 3

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What is learning style?
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Your learning style is your learning
preference.How do you like tolearn?
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Knowing about Your Learning Style Helps You to

• Be more productive
• Increase achievement
• Be more creative
• Improve problem solving
• Make better decisions
• Learn more effectively

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Learning Style

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic/Tactile

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Learning Style Memory Exercise

• 15 items will be passed around. Can you remember
  them?

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How did you remember the items?

• Did you remember what you could see, feel, hear
  or touch?
• What is your strongest preference?

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Learning Style Exercise The Paper Airplane
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What worked best for you?

• Auditory
• Visual
• Or kinesthetic?

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Visual Learners

• Learn through seeing and reading
• Prefer written directions
• Often good readers

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Visual Learners Learn Best With

• pictures
• illustrations
• photos
• graphs
• diagrams
• maps

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Visual Learning Techniques

• Mental photograph or video
• Flash cards
• Highlighting
• Draw pictures to remember
• Use pictures or symbols in the margin to remember
• Draw a map or outline

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Auditory Learners

• Learn through listening and talking
• Remember what they hear better than what they see

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Auditory Learners

• Prefer to listen to instructions
• Often like to talk on the phone or
  listen to music
• Learn best if they can hear and see the
  assignment

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Auditory Learning Techniques

• Discuss what you have learned with others
• Participate in study groups
• Recite aloud
• Teach others what you have learned
• Use flash cards and say the items
• Use music in the background if it does not
  distract you or use it as a break from studying

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Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners

• Learn through doing
• Remember hands on activities
• Use their hands to build, create, plant, draw or
  decorate

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Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners

• Learn the assignment best by using physical
  activity

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Kinesthetic/Tactile Learning Techniques

• Read while walking or pacing
• Study outside when practical
• Take notes on lectures
• Highlight or underline
• Write summaries
• Outline chapters
• Think of practical applications

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Activity Complete the Learning Style Quiz in the
Textbook
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Brainstorm Learning Techniques

• Four groups
• Auditory
• Visual
• Tactile/kinesthetic
• Combination types
• What learning techniques match these preferences?
  Write them on the board.

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Productivity Environmental Preference Survey
(PEPS)

• Elements of learning style
• Environmental
• Emotional
• Sociological
• Physical

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Environmental

• Sound
• Light
• Temperature
• Design (formal or informal)

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Emotional

• Motivation
• Persistence
• Responsibility
• Structure

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Sociological

• Alone/peer
• Authority figures present
• Several ways

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Physical

• Auditory
• Visual
• Tactile
• Kinesthetic
• Intake
• Evening/morning
• Late morning
• Afternoon
• Mobility

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Written Exercise

• Understanding your Peps Learning Style Inventory

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Your Personality and Your Learning Style
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For review, what is your personality type?

• Extravert or Introvert?
• Sensing or Intuitive?
• Thinking or Feeling?
• Judging or Perceptive?

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Extraverts

• Learn best when in action
• Value physical activity
• Like to study with others

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Extravert

• Learn by talking.
• Discuss what you have learned with others.
• Like variety and action. Take frequent breaks
  and do something active.

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Caution!

• Extraverts can get so distracted by activity and
  socialization that the studying does not get done.

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Introverts

• Learn best by pausing to think
• Value reading
• Prefer to study individually
• Need quiet for concentration

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Introvert

• Find a quiet place to study by yourself.
• Plan to study for longer periods of time so you
  can concentrate.
• Find places with minimal distractions such as the
  library.
• Unplug the phone.

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Caution!

• This type may miss out on sharing ideas with
  others and the fun and social life of college.

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Sensing

• Seeks specific information
• Memorizes facts
• Values what is practical
• Follows instructions
• Likes hands-on experience
• Wants clear assignments

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Sensing

• Good at mastering facts and details.
• Think about practical applications to motivate
  yourself.
• Ask, How can I use this.

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Caution!

• This type may miss the big picture or general
  outline by focusing too much on the facts and
  details. Make a general outline to see the
  relationship and meaning of the facts.

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INtuitive

• Seeks quick insights
• Uses imagination to go beyond the facts
• Values what is original
• Likes theories
• Reads between the lines
• Independent thinkers

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INtuitive

• Good at learning concepts and theories
• Ask yourself, What is the main point?

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Caution!

• Since this type focuses on general concepts and
  theories, they are likely to miss the details and
  facts. To learn the details, organize them into
  broad categories that have meaning for you.

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Thinking

• Wants objective material to study
• Logic guides learning
• Likes to critique new ideas
• Finds flaws in an argument
• Learns by challenge and debate
• Wants logical presentations

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Thinking

• Thinking types are good at logic.
• Ask yourself, What do I think of these ideas?
• Debate or discuss your ideas with others.
• Allow time to think and reflect on your studies.
  

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Caution!

• These types construct logical arguments and
  defend them. They may need to learn to respect
  the ideas of others, especially feeling types.

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Feeling

• Wants to be able to relate to the material
  personally
• Personal values are important
• Likes to please instructors
• Learns by being supported and appreciated
• Wants faculty who establish personal rapport with
  students

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Feeling

• Search for personal meaning to motivate yourself.
• Help others to learn.
• Whenever possible, choose classes that relate to
  your personal interests.
• Find a comfortable environment for learning.

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Caution!

• This type may neglect studies because of time
  spent in helping others.
• They may find it difficult to pay attention to
  material that is not personally meaningful.

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Learning Strategies for Different Personality
Types
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Judging

• Find ways to organize the material to learn it
  easier.
• If possible, select instructors who present
  material in an organized way.
• Set goals and use a schedule to motivate
  yourself.
• Use a daily planner or to-do list.

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Caution!

• This type tends to be structured and controlled
  which can limit creativity.
• They may be in conflict with others who are less
  organized.
• They may be overachievers who get stressed
  easily.

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Perceptive

• Good at looking at the possibilities and keeping
  the options open.
• Allow time to be thorough and complete your work.
• Have fun while learning.
• Study in groups with a mixture of perceptive and
  judging types.

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Caution!

• This type may work on too many projects at once.
• Work on managing your time to meet deadlines.

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Personality
ANOTHER LOOK
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USE 2 LETTERS
S J
I S F J
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ARE YOU
NT
SP
SJ
NF
?
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4 GROUPS

• SJ NT
• SP NF

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NT THINKER

• Likes quiet time for thinking
• Likes problem solving
• Skeptical
• Analytic
• Logical
• Curious

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NF GIVER

• Enjoys studying with others
• Enjoys helping others learn
• Enthusiastic
• Romantic
• Intuitive
• Intensive
• Authentic

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SJ ORGANIZER

• Organize the material to learn it
• Try highlighting or flash cards
• Responsible
• Helpful
• Hard-working
• Loyal
• Traditional

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SP ADVENTURER

• Study in a variety of ways
• Keep on the move
• Develop games to memorize
• Study with fun people
• Playful
• Optimistic
• Daring
• Impulsive

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Group Activity Divide into 4 GROUPS

• SJ NT
• SP NF

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Group Activity Make a list of adjectives that
describe your favorite teacher. Have the
recorder write your responses on the board.
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HERE ARE SOME TYPICAL RESPONSES
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SJ
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SJ

• Responsible Dependable
• Fair Practical
• Role model Prepared
• Dedicated In Control
• Experienced Organized
• Take Charge Step by step
• Specific Precise
• To the Point Rewards for Good Work

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SP
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SP

• Unpredictable Laid Back
• Opportunities Exploration
• Fun! Entertaining
• Sense of Humor Flexible
• Interesting Variety
• On the Go Patient
• Different Perspectives Try New Things

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NF
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NF

• Open Creative
• Calm Honest
• Empathic Personal
• Mentor Tutor
• Compassionate Enabler
• Tolerant Helpful
• Role Model Supportive

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NT
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NT

• Knowledgeable Clear
• Logical Thinking Creative
• Competent Freedom
• Analytical Inquisitive
• Problem Solving Precise
• Lab Experiences Praises Ingenuity
• Challenging Thorough
• Authoritative Intelligent

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What if your personality does not match the
teachers personality?
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Choose a different teacher.
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Notice your mental pictures and let them go!
As if they were balloons floating away
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What else?

• Adapt
• Tolerate
• Appreciate
• Understand
• Communicate

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Group Activity Adapting to Different Teaching
Styles
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Free Write

• Describe your learning style.
• How does your personality affect your learning
  style?
• How does learning style affect career choice?
  For example, if you are a judging type who is
  good at details and organization, what career
  would match this type?

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Multiple Intelligences
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Multiple Intelligences

• Developed by Howard Gardner
• Defined as the human ability to solve problems or
  design or compose things valued in at least one
  culture
• Broadens the scope of human potential

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Learning Style

• Intelligences put to work
• Measured by your performance
• You can develop these areas and become competent
  in each one

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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

• Verbal/Linguistic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Musical/Rhythmic
• Visual/Spatial
• Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Intrapersonal
• Interpersonal
• Naturalist

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Your textbook provides an opportunity to explore
your multiple intelligences.
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These intelligences work together in complex ways
to make us unique individuals.
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Textbook ActivitySumming Up Learning Style
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Keys to SuccessCreate Your Success
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Some Examples

• Victor Frankl, concentration camp survivor and
  author of Mans Search for Meaning
• Cristopher Reeve

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Create Your Success

• We make decisions and choices that create the
  future.
• Our behavior leads
  to our success or failure.

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Sometimes we blame others

• My parents did it to me.
• My teacher gave me a poor grade.
• My boss gave me a poor evaluation.

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When we take responsibility for our actions, we
create our success.
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Ask these questions

• How did I create this situation?
• How can I make the best of it?
• What can I do about it now?
• If I didnt create it, how do I choose to react
  to it?

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Caution!

• Sometimes you do not create it all.
• You can still choose your attitude and reaction
  to what has happened.

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Steven Covey

• Author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective
  People.
• Chooses to use the word response-ability
• Suggests that we use resourcefulness and
  initiative to create the future we want

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Textbook Activity Create Your Success