Learning Styles & SCAN Skills I can….Understand learning styles.

Who am I and what can I become? Understanding your personality and identifying your learning style What makes you who you are? What makes you unique? How do you think and learn best?

You’ve got personality! Personality can be categorized by your: Actions – Helpful, playful, charming… Feelings – Happy, sad, glad… Habits – talk fast when nervous, twirl hair when thinking.. Thoughts – wishful, positive, negative….. What are some other examples? Personality is the traits that make a person unique.

How do you learn best? Reading Writing Doing Hearing Alone In groups With music Without noise With pictures and graphs By teaching others

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Verbal/Linguistic Definition Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language Characteristics Likes to read books Listens to and gives oral presentations Communicates through written and oral messages Likes discussions and debates Likes to explain things How does this person learn best? Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

Logical/Mathematical Definition Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate Characteristics Likes to conduct experiments Listens to work with numbers Likes to explore patterns and relationships Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning How does this person learn best? Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Bodily/Kinesthetic Definition Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling Characteristics Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts How does this person learn best? By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Visual/Spatial Definition Mental images, seeing, sight Characteristics Likes to draw, build, design, and create Daydreamer and imaginative Watches movies and plays computer games Good at sensing changes Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs How does this person learn best? By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Musical/Rhythmic Definition Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography Characteristics Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitch, rhythm, and patterns Good at keeping time How does this person learn best? Through rhythm, melody, and music 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Interpersonal Definition Related to relationships with other people Characteristics Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups Good at understanding people Good at communicating Good at mediation (resolving conflict) How does this person learn best? Sharing with others, collaborative groups, and teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Intrapersonal Definition Within self Characteristics Likes to work alone Reflective and self-aware Instinctual Original How does this person learn best? Working alone, individualized projects, and self-paced instruction 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Naturalistic Definition Related to nature and the environment Characteristics Likes to work outside Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, Interested in preservation and conservation Likes to work with animals How does this person learn best? By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Existential Definition Capability to see how something relates to the big picture Characteristics Enjoys literature and customs from other cultures. Have a strong connection with family and friends, Likes to get involved with social and political causes Can have a strong commitment to their health and well-being How does this person learn best? By reading and knowing the value and history behind things. Seek meaningful leaning. 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

SCANS Skills & Competencies

What are SCANS Skills??? Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) - appointed by the Secretary of Labor to determine the skills our young people need to succeed in the world of work. These are learned abilities that employers want people to have

SCAN Skills Employers want people who have these Foundation Skills : Basic Skills Thinking Skills Personal Qualities

Basic Skills Basic Skills: Reading, writing, arithmetic/mathematical, listening, and speaking

Thinking Skills Thinking Skills: Creative thinking, Decision making, Problem solving, Visualizing, Knowing how to learn, and Reason

Personal Qualities Personal Qualities: Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty

SCANS 5 Competencies Employers hire people who have these Workforce Skill Standards Resources Interpersonal Information Systems Technology

SCANS 5 Competencies Resources: Time Money Materials & Facilities Human Resources

SCANS 5 Competencies Interpersonal Skills Team Member Teach Others Leader Work with Cultural Diversity

SCANS 5 Competencies Information Acquire & Evaluate Information Organize & Maintain Information Interpret & Communicate Information Use Computers to Process Information

SCANS 5 Competencies Systems Understanding Systems Monitor and Correct Performance Improve and Design Systems

SCANS 5 Competencies Technology Select Technology Apply Technology to Tasks Maintain & Troubleshoot Technology

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