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© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Use this Master Student Map to ask yourself, WHY? To tell the truth about what is working and what isn’t WHAT? Power Process: Ideas are tools First Step: Truth is a key to mastery Discovery Wheel Learning Styles Using your learning style profile to succeed Multiple Intelligences VAK System Master Student Profile: Fabian Pfortmϋller HOW? to experience the power of telling the truth about your current skills to discover your preferred learning style to choose learning strategies that promote success WHAT IF?...you could create new outcomes by accepting the way you are?

© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. People limit their openness to ideas...but not to tools. By simply considering the strategies in this course as tools, you’ll be more open to try them. As you read the text and listen in class, think of the ideas you experience as tools. If they work for you, use them. If they don’t work, put them on the shelf. Maybe they’ll be useful later. Ideas are Tools

© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. 1.What did you discover about yourself? 2.What do you want to keep doing? 3.What do you want to do differently? THE DISCOVERY WHEEL

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© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. why? what? how? what if? LEARNING STYLES

© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. why? what? how? what if?  Ask yourself 3 questions using the words that are not your preferred style. Balancing your Preferences

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© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Watching for examples Choosing courses Exploring majors Exploring careers Using your LEARNING STYLE PROFILE to Succeed Using your LEARNING STYLE PROFILE to Succeed

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© 2014 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part. Character Creative Thinking Critical Thinking Communication Collaboration FIVE Cs FOR YOUR CAREER CHARACTERCRITICAL THINKINGCREATIVE THINKINGCOLLABORATIONCOMMUNICATION