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Assignment: Self Portrait on Learning Styles

Presented To:

Presented By: Brigitte Cusson

Presented On: November 3rd

2012

Presented In: Personal Development


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Table Of Contents

Scores for each test .. 3

Visual Representation of Highest Score .. 4

What I have learnt about myself .5

Using the knowledge to become more successful ..6-8

Areas that would be of benefit to develop 9

Strategies to implement to maximize personal potential .10


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Scores for Each Test

Multiple Intelligence Scores

Section Score

Bodily Kinesthetic 11

Visual Spatial 12

Musical 17

Interpersonal 21

Verbal linguistic 24

Logical mathematical 16

Intrapersonal 21

Naturalistic 17

Personality Spectrum

Organizer 29

Adventurer 17

Giver 21

Thinker 15

True Colors Test

Top Best Gold

Next Best Blue

Kind Of Green

Least Like Me Orange


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Visual Representation of highest Scores for Each Test


Organizer Adventurer Giver Thinker

Multiple Intelligences

20-24

Highly Developed

14-19

Moderately Developed

Below 14

Underdeveloped

Bodily Kinesthetic

Verbal-Linguistic

Visual -Spatial

Logical - mathematical

Musical

Intrapersonal

Interpersonal

Naturalistic

True Colours

D

Top Best Next Best Kind Of Least like me

29 17 21 15


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What I have learnt about myself

What I have

learned about

myself

I love structure. It seems

across each test that I

completed that a theme of

structure keeps popping

up.

I never realized that

Musical-Rhythmic

intelligences would score

as moderately developed;

this is an area I can

further explore. I thought

this area would fall off

the charts for me.

Ive scored the lowest in

the thinker category in

the personality spectrum.

This shocked me as I would

have guessed the

adventurer to be the

lowest. Id like to focus on

increasing this score.

While scoring 21 in both

intrapersonal and

interpersonal intelligences,

Ive learnt that I enjoy

working on my own as

equally as I love to work

with people!

Writing, detail and organizatio

seems to be a dominate them

across all tests. Ive learned

through doing these tests that

these areas all reflect the

current way I work, but I had

never noticed it. This is a great

opportunity for me to hone

these skills and put them furth

into practice as I move forwar

with my career and education


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How will I use this knowledge to become more successful?

Multiple intelligences

VerbalLingustic Skills

Rewrite notesfor extra

comprehension

Create anoutline from

chapters read

Use principalslearnt to tutor

other students

keephighlighting of

read text to

less than 10%


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The Organizer

Ask for extraclarification

so tasks are

clearlydefined

Choosestructured

and establish

envrionmentsto learn in

Follow upwith gradesand ask for

feedback

Make use ofplanners and

schedules


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True Colors

True Colours:Gold

create step by

steps plans toachieve goals

Make time tocomplete work

before play

Create relasticoutcomes and

expectations ofmyself

Make use ofschool tools andagendas to beprepared for

material to bedelivered


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Areas that would be of benefit for further personal development

I find that it would be useful for me to gain more

ability to problem solve. This could even be useful in

my planning, which will help me become stronger in

two categories!

This will give me the opportunity to "think outside

the box" giving way to more creative ways of

learning.

Thinker

(Personality

Sepectrum)

It would be of benefit for me to work on my

flexibility. Although it's great to be organized and

scheduled - with my lifestye I need to have room for

the occasional "hiccups". If I continued to develop

my skills further in this category, it would be a huge

benefit for me to use these flexibility skills in the

areas I already excel in.

Adventurer

(personality

Spectrum)

I was surprised that this was one of my lowest marks

in this test. Given that that the other tests indicate I

benefit from oragnization, struture and planning I

feel that adding in some traits from the visual spatial

intelligence would help me create better notes and

schedules by adding in charts, mind maps, color

coded notes and graphic organizers!

Visual Spatial

(multiple

Intelligences)


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Strategies to help Maximize my Potential

Conclusion

Through this assignment Ive gained insight into myself in learning that I prefer environments that are

structured, formal, organized. I enjoy engaging with material that is presented through lectures, reading,

and writing. I work best in an environment at allows me to follow step-by step direction. Gripped with

this knowledge I know that I will best excel in a class room that is engaged in lectures, group discussions,

small groups and logical presentation teaching styles. The diagram above reflects class room

environments that would be suit my learning styles.

Request Feedback After Assignments

As an organizer, it would help for me to requestfeedback from my teachers on assignments so

that I can plan to adjust my work accordingly torecieve better marks in weaker areas.

Working in Small Groups

Because of my above mentioned learningstyles I feel that a small group would work inmy favor. I would be able to help organize the

flow of work in the group, and I could helpteach other people in the group the material I

already am familiar with.

Avoid Random presentations when possible

As an organized verbal linguistic learner, takingpart in a preentation that tackle topics in

random order and jumps around in thoughtsmay be difficult for me to grab all the

information that I should. When possible I

should avoid this type of learning environment.

Make use of handouts

Using handout I can create valuable chapteroutlines and create review notes as reference

points for myself. In addition I can highlight

information making it easily acessible as thecourse progresses.

Strategies that willmaximize potential

learning abilities


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That being said, working in a class room where the teaching styles follow random presentations or

logical presentations may be more of a challenge for me. Being that I am an organizer in the personality

spectrum I need a classroom that is planned, predictable and organized, I could see myself becoming a

little overwhelmed by a random presentations. Furthermore - in a classroom where logical

presentations are being made, I may have the same difficulty. In this type of learning environment

teacher make use of time and sequence, which could touch a few areas of my organization self, however

I feel that it would really stress me to use the thinker in me, pulling on theoretical, analytical and

scientific part of me, which is still underdeveloped at this point.

Putting forward the above mentioned strategies, in the right learning environments will allow me to

become a more successful student.

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