Got Style and Personality? Using Personality Type and Learning Style to Improve Teaching and Learning Dr. Marsha Fralick

Ice Breaker What should I visit if I were to travel to your city? Think Pair Share

Overview Course description and results Learning style –Exercise Personality type –Exercise 7 minute demo Resources for faculty

Cuyamaca College El Cajon, CA

Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success 8000 students enrolled in college 2000 take PDC 124 each year One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college 56 sections a year

College Success Course 3 units Transfers to four year universities One of the top 15 revenue producing programs in the college

Course Choices Face to Face – 22 sections Blended –22 sections Online –12 sections

Bridge High School Community College University

Key to Success: Make it Count Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E, Lifelong Understanding Transfers to University of California

Applied Psychology From theory to practice Academically rigorous, yet practical Easy to read

Broad Scope College success Career success Lifelong success

College Success College Success Motivation Time and Money Memory and Reading Test Taking Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking

Career Success Personality and Related Majors Learning Style and Intelligence Interests and Values Career and Educational Planning

Lifelong Success Communication and Relationships Critical and Creative Thinking Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Appreciating Diversity Positive Thinking Life Stages

Program Results Program Review 2000, 2005

The most significant finding is increased persistence.

Persistence Students who return the next semester. Approximately half of community college students nationwide do not persist after the first semester.

College Persistence Semester to Semester 5 Year Average at Cuyamaca College All successful PDC students 89% All students 63% A 26% improvement!

Key Theme Learning Style How to learn new and difficult material How to become a lifelong learner

Measures preferences in 20 areas –Perceptual Auditory Visual Kinesthetic Tactile

Immediate environment –Sound –Heat –Light –Design (formal or informal)

Emotionality –Motivation –Responsibility –Persistence –Structure

Sociological –Self oriented –Peer oriented –Adult oriented

Physical –Time of day –Food intake –Mobility

Note that a detailed list of learning strategies for your style follows this chart.

Learning Style Exercise: The Paper Airplane

Key Theme Personality Type –What is your type? –How does it affect your teaching style –How can you help your students?

Carl Jung We are born with natural preferences which we develop over a lifetime. There are no good or bad types. Each type has their own unique gifts and talents. Exercise: What is a preference?

Begin Self-Assessment How we interact with the world and where we place our energy E _________________________|_________________________ I Extraversion Introversion

Self-Assessment The kind of information we naturally notice and remember S _________________________|_________________________ N Sensing Intuition

What are your goals for this workshop? Think Pair Share

By Ian Jackson

Self-Assessment How we make decisions T _________________________|_________________________ F Thinking Feeling

Self-Assessment Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way J _________________________|_________________________ P Judging Perceiving

J and P Exercise: Where do you stand? –I can play anytime –I have to finish my work before I play

College Success 1 Resources for faculty and students Training Notes

What is Something you learned? Something you found useful?

Questions? Discussion Evaluation