Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle."— Presentation transcript:

1 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. Online PowerPoints to accompanyCornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well Fifth Edition Robert M. Sherfield Rhonda J. Montgomery Patricia G. Moody

2 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. CHAPTER SIX LEARN: Using Your Dominant Intelligence, Learning Style, and Personality Type to Become an Active Learner CORNERSTONE: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well

3 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. CHAPTER 6 OBJECTIVES This chapter can help you: Identify and use your learning styleIdentify and use your learning style Identify and use your primary intelligenceIdentify and use your primary intelligence Identify and use your personality typeIdentify and use your personality type Differentiate between learning styles and multiple intelligencesDifferentiate between learning styles and multiple intelligences Improve active learning and studying by using your personalityImprove active learning and studying by using your personality

4 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. IS THERE A BEST WAY TO LEARN? No! Understanding your learning style, intelligence strengths, and personality type will help you to use your dominant traits to your benefit.

5 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. EIGHT MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES n Visual / SpatialPicture Smart n Verbal / LinguisticWord Smart n Music / RhythmMusic Smart n Logic / MathNumber Smart n Body / KinestheticBody Smart n InterpersonalPeople Smart n Intra-personalSelf-Smart n NaturalisticEnvironment Smart

6 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. VISUAL / SPATIAL VISUAL / SPATIAL PICTURE SMART Thinks in pictures; knows where things are in the house; loves to create images; best learns information with graphs, charts, pictures and maps.

7 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. VERBAL / LINGUISTIC WORD SMART Communicates well through language; likes to write; good at spelling; great at telling stories; loves to read books

8 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. MUSIC / RHYTHM MUSIC / RHYTHM MUSIC SMART Loves to sing, hum and whistle; has the ability to comprehend sound; responds to music immediately; performs music

9 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. LOGIC / MATH NUMBER SMART Can easily conceptualize; can easily reason, uses logic; good problem solving skills; enjoys math and science

10 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. BODY / KINESTHETIC BODY SMART Learns through body sensation; moves around a lot; enjoys work involving the hands; graced with some athletic ability

11 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. INTERPERSONAL INTERPERSONAL PEOPLE SMART Loves to communicate with other people; great leadership skills; has lots of friends; involved in extra-curricular activities

12 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. INTRA-PERSONAL INTRA-PERSONAL SELF-SMART Has a deep awareness of his or her own feelings; very reflective; requires time to be alone; does not get involved with group activities on a regular basis.

13 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. NATURALISTIC NATURALISTIC ENVIRONMENT SMART Has interest in the environment and in nature; can easily recognize plants, animals, rocks and cloud formations; may like hiking, camping and fishing

14 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. LEARNING STYLES LEARNING STYLES n VISUAL n AUDITORY n TACTILE

15 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR n EXTROVERT / INTROVERT n SENSING / INTUITION n THINKING / FEELING n JUDGING / PERCEIVING

16 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. THE WAY WE INTERACT Extroverts Draw strength from othersDraw strength from others Outgoing and love interactionOutgoing and love interaction Enjoy being the center of attentionEnjoy being the center of attentionIntroverts Draw strength from inner worldDraw strength from inner world Quiet and reflectiveQuiet and reflective Private and make own decisionsPrivate and make own decisions

17 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. THE WAY WE LEARN INFORMATION Sensing Gather information through five sensesGather information through five senses Like concrete factsLike concrete facts Have common senseHave common senseIntuitive Rely on gut feelings or intuitionRely on gut feelings or intuition Very innovativeVery innovative Live in the futureLive in the future

18 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. THE WAY WE MAKE DECISIONS Thinkers Logical and analyticalLogical and analytical Make decisions with head, not heartMake decisions with head, not heart May appear to be insensitiveMay appear to be insensitiveFeelers Like harmonyLike harmony Very warm peopleVery warm people Make decisions with heart, not headMake decisions with heart, not head

19 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. THE WAY WE LIVE Judgers Orderly peopleOrderly people Good at setting goals and achieving themGood at setting goals and achieving them Work before they playWork before they playPerceivers SpontaneousSpontaneous Do not like timelinesDo not like timelines Play before work is completedPlay before work is completed

20 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. MYERS-BRIGGS 16 PERSONALITY TYPES MYERS-BRIGGS 16 PERSONALITY TYPES ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ ISTP ISFP INFP INTP ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

21 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TRAITS n Understand that everyone has a strength and aptitude for some skill or task n Improve your weaker learning styles by incorporating at least one aspect of those learning styles into your daily study plans n If your personality type clashes with your professor’s personality type, try to make adjustments that enable you to get through the class successfully n Strengthen your less dominant intelligences by involving yourself in activities that cause you to use them n Adjust your learning style to match your professor’s teaching style if possible n Understand that your primary intelligence can help you decide on your life’s vocation

22 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. CHAPTER REFLECTION n Seek a variety of learning and social situations n Use your less dominant areas often to strengthen them n Read more about your personality type and learning style n Inventories do not measure your worth n Improve your less dominant areas n Surround yourself with diverse learners n Try different ways of learning and studying

23 Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. JUST FOR FUN !! Character Illustration by Christian O’Brien


Download ppt "Cornerstone: Discovering Your Potential, Learning Actively, and Living Well, 5e Sherfield, Montgomery, & Moody © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google