1. Clipboard Learning Tendencies
Innate Abilities Work Best When They
• Precision and accuracy • Have real experiences
• Planning and organizing • Are given concrete examples, not theories
• Structured conditions/environments • Have structures, quiet, orderly environments
• Striving for perfection • Are given detailed directions/ models
• Details and specificity • Work in consistent/efficient surroundings
• Compliancy with rules/standards
• Externally motivated; delay gratification
Challenges They Face What They Need to Work On
• Working without monitoring/feedback • Expressing their feelings
• Selecting from choices/random options • Honoring process and product
• Using their imagination • Honoring other learning styles
• Working without parameters/directions • Patience vs. immediate conclusions
• Hearing opposing viewpoints • Listening to others
• Being in new situations • Seeing the big picture
• Understanding others’ feelings • Seeing value in people as well as product
Common Sense Learner Tendencies
• Desires practicality and usability • Focuses on what works
• Likes to try things out and use new ideas • Likes a plan
• Wants information to be applicable to like • Likes things settled and complete
• Uses comparisons to make sense of • Finishing is important
information • Essentials are important
• Interested in “how to” • Schedule is necessary, lists and agendas
Likes Dislikes
• Field trips • Memorizing; group work
• Movement and hands-on • Writing assignments
• Skills-oriented evaluations; labs • Peer evaluation, being given answers
Reading Preferences Writing Preferences
• Personal engagement • Likes to write to organize or report info
• Likes to read for practical reasons and info • Likes to write for practical purposes
• Prefers reality • Appreciates guidelines, models, examples
• Responds to reading to find information
Instructional Activities: Structure and details in directions, hands-on approaches, how-to projects
Activities They Prefer: Sorting, labeling, collecting, charting, constructing, classifying, measuring
Multiple Intelligences Strengths: Logical/mathematical, naturalist, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic