The Advantages and Shortcomings of My Learning Styles

The Advantages and Shortcomings of My Learning Styles


Reflective vs. Active
· I like drafting and I really spend too much time thinking but this spares me troubles of trying things and ending up in a mess.
· Too much thinking causes hesitation.
· Whenever I like to try things against my will of thinking, I will be in a big trouble and later I discover what went wrong in details.
· I like playing solo and in an orchestra I would like to be the conductor, which sometimes makes a dictator of me.
· Sometimes, I learn things through mechanical steps, which makes me resist change.

Intuitive vs. Sensory
· I don’t accept what people experienced before. I like discovering my own islands through my own waterways.
· I have a high sense of ownership, so I hate what people have set, which makes me lose what other people learnt.
· I can spend hours discussing about theology and sometime I sail away from the real world. Still I like geometry and hate algebra.
· I frequently make some silly mistakes because I’m familiar with the outcome and the process doesn’t matter.

Visual vs. Verbal
· I memorize registration plates, phone numbers and some lessons by having a glance at them, which can be easily mixed with other images.
· Whenever I summarize, I don’t write full sentences. Instead, I use arrows and boxes, which makes my summaries readable by me only.
· I have a systematic way for using colors and sometimes I discover new meaning because of the system.
· Even when I write poetry, I use imagery and metaphors.
· Sometimes, I don’t feel words are suitable to describe what I have in mind.
· I am an expert at mind mapping and sometimes in a very complicated way.

Sequential vs. Global
· I cannot accept the next point until the previous one is verified even when it hypothetical, which makes me a tough debater.
· I often get lost in details till I see the pig picture especially when I read long novels. I often spoil the enjoyment of being surprised by reading a summary.
· Usually, I connect new things to my experience where I can find a point of similarity to build on. Then I apply all old rules to the new events.
· I would like to keep a track of what I’m doing, so I can repeat it the next time.

Conclusions:
· A reflective student is a thinker of higher levels.
· An active student is a good athlete and a disaster in the class.
· An intuitive student causes headache to unprepared teachers.
· A sensory student is a traditional future teacher.
· A visual student is a fast preceptor.
· A verbal student is a woman.
· A sequential student is a tough debater.
· A global student is details free.