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May 10, 2005
Learning Styles revisited
It's amazing this time of year to see differences in how Dianne and I work on school related things. When I have a paper due, I spend a few hours looking at my sources in the advance of the due date (alright usually it's on the due date), then I type out about 5 to 6 documented pages an hour until class time and turn it in unread and unedited. Dianne actually reads and makes notes on her sources, organizes her paper for weeks, reading and rereading it for another week. Adding in graphics and as much information as possible on the subject. Then she turns her paper in usually early, or at least on time. We approach tests differently as well. She starts studying for them usually a week or so in advance. I always tried to make sure I looked over my notes for a final at least once, if I had taken any notes. And I might do a study guide in advance of a test, maybe that morning, if I was feeling a bit worried the night before I might go through it a couple of time. Mind you there is two letter grades difference in our average scores on things. What I find most curious of all, you can ask me a question about pretty much anything I've studied and I can give you a minimally competent answer on the subject. Dianne on the other hand knows what she knows ruthlessly, but everything else isn't even a vague recollection for her. I try to forget stupid stuff I learn in school and I can't, I try to remember my phone number at work and it takes a freaking massive effort. Dianne easily dumps all the crap, and uses that brain space for more useful things like everyone's birthdays, holidays, phone numbers, and personal lives. Fortunately it makes us a good team, but it makes for tense times when we try to work together on something that makes apparent our different learning styles. When I decided to write this entry I decided to see if my learning styles had changed since the last time I checked. Sure enough I'm still heavily favoring Intuitive Global learning styles. I'm neutral on the others. Thanks to North Carolina State University for making this available to the public.
To find out your learning style leanings click here. To find out more about the different styles click here.
Posted by ManDrake at May 10, 2005 6:59 PM
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Unfortunately, this learning style maybe genetic.
Posted by: Donna at May 11, 2005 6:08 AM
Oh it's absolutely genetic, no doubt in my mind on that one. I really liked the quote on the Global section from the folks NCSU "If you are a global learner, just recognizing that you aren't slow or stupid but simply function differently from most of your classmates can help a great deal." I guess it was your handiwork that I never experienced any of that. Also could have been my Intuitive nature which I scored even higher on than Global, it's a scary combination to say the least. Seeing everything and filling in the details with how I think the world would work. Needless to say, I see why they don't make them like me anymore, they wouldn't know where to begin. But then again, as I watch Alexis solve problems I see a lot of how I approach problems in her methodologies. So that definitely points to a genetic element.
Posted by: ManDrake at May 11, 2005 6:19 AM