Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Chapter 3 Learning How You Learn: Making the Most of Your Abilities Keys to Success, Sixth Edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “Successfully intelligent people… figure out their strengths and their weaknesses, and then find ways to capitalize on their strengths – make the most of what they do well – and to correct for or remedy their weaknesses – find ways around what they don’t do well, or make themselves good enough to get by.” Robert Sternberg

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Real Questions, Practical Answers How can I maximize what I do well?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Why Explore Who You Are as a Learner? Your Unique Intelligence Can Change and Develop Assessments Can Help You Learn About Yourself Self-knowledge Is an Important, Lifelong Goal

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. What Tools Can Help You Assess How You Learn and Interact With Others? Assess Your Multiple Intelligences with Pathways to Learning Assess Your Style of Interaction with the Personality Spectrum

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Two self-assessments Multiple Intelligences Learning Preferences What abilities and areas of learning come most easily to you Personality Spectrum Personality Traits How you interact with information and people

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Sternberg’s Successful Intelligence Focuses on how people process and apply information to learn Concentrates on processes – thinking analytically, creatively, and practically about a situation Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Focuses on how people intake information to learn Concentrates on domains - verbal, logical, bodily, visual, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, or naturalist

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How can you discover how you learn? Multiple Intelligences Verbal-Linguistic: Listening, reading, writing, speaking Logical-Mathematical: Math, science, patterns, sequences Bodily-Kinesthetic: Coordination, working with hands Visual-Spatial: Visual art, graphics, charts, maps Interpersonal: Social activity, cooperative learning, teamwork Intrapersonal: Self-awareness, independence Musical: Music, sound sensitivity, patterns Naturalistic: Interest in nature, ecosystem

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Multiple Pathways to Learning: Example Directions: Rate each statement. Write the number of your response (1–4) on the line next to the statement and total the scores for each set of six questions. 1 = rarely; 2 = sometimes; 3 = usually; 4 = always 1. ___ I enjoy physical activities. 2. ___ I am uncomfortable sitting still. 3. ___ I prefer to learn through doing. 4. ___ When sitting I move my legs or my hands. 5. ___ I enjoy working with my hands. 6. ___ I like to pace when I’m thinking or studying. ____ TOTAL for Bodily-Kinesthetic

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Scoring Multiple Pathways to Learning 20–24 Highly Developed 14–19 Moderately Developed Below 14 Underdeveloped Bodily-Kinesthetic Visual-Spatial Verbal-Linguistic Logical- Mathematical Musical Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How can you discover how you learn? Personality Spectrum Thinker: Analytical, problem solver Giver: Authentic, communicator Organizer: Responsible, detailed Adventurer: Daring, spontaneous

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Personality Spectrum: Example Directions: Rank order all four responses to each question from most like you (4) to least like you (1) so that you use the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 one time each. Write numbers in the boxes next to the responses. I learn best when the material is a.  well organized. b.  something I can do hands-on. c.  about understanding and improving the human condition. d.  intellectually challenging.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Scoring Plot Personality Spectrum scores on this diagram.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Use Your Self-Knowledge? Classroom Benefits –Play to your strengths –Work to strengthen weaker areas –Ask your instructor for help Study Benefits –Helps you pick the right strategies –Helps you understand others you are studying with Workplace Benefits –Better performance and teamwork –Better career planning

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Understanding Teaching Styles Lecture, verbal focus Lecture with group discussion Small groups Visual groups Logical presentation Random presentation Conceptual presentation Detailed presentation Experience-based presentation

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. How Can You Identify and Manage Learning Disabilities? Identifying a Learning Disability Managing a Learning Disability

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Thinking Successfully About How You Learn Analytical Thinking – analyze your levels of ability with the Pathways to Learning self-assessment and examine how you relate to people and the world around you with the Personality Spectrum assessment. Creative Thinking – brainstorm how to relate to instructors who teach differently than you learn. Practical Thinking – utilize practical study strategies relating to your own Personality Spectrum and Multiple Intelligence dimensions.

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. Oruko lonro ni In the language of the Yoruba, an ethnic group living primarily in Nigeria and other West African countries, oruko lonri ni translates as “names affect behavior.” This belief, common among the Yoruba people, refers to the idea that people live up to the names given to them by others or even chosen by themselves. How would you apply this word to your life?

Keys to Success: Building Analytical, Creative, and Practical Skills, 6 th edition Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. “…no two selves, no two consciousnesses, no two minds are exactly alike. Each of us is therefore situated to make a unique contribution to the world.” Howard Gardner, Psychologist and Educator