1. Crayon Learning Tendencies
Innate Abilities Work Best When They
• Experimentation and discovery • Get to make choices
• Risk-taking and possibility-thinking • Are self-directed
• Adventurous- and discovery-oriented • Are in competition
• Intuitive and insightful • Can experiment through trial and error
• Creative and independent • Can use brainstorming/open-ended options
• Spontaneous and curious • Have hands-on activities
Challenges They Face What They Need to Work On
• Having lockstep directions/limitations • Managing time and process
• Making choices even if they like them • Completing and follow through
• Having no options or variety • Delegating responsibility
• Working in a constant environment • Being realistic about outcomes
• Always doing the same written tasks • Accepting others’ ideas
• Setting limits/being realistic
Dynamic Learner Tendencies
• Asks, “What’s next?” • Likes challenges, variety
• Wants to think “outside the box” • Has bursts of energy; responds to pressure
• Often wants to forge ahead alone, but • Adapts to change
will work with others • Has trouble with decisions
• Dislikes the monotonous or routine • May start too many projects
• Postpones the unpleasant
Likes Dislikes
• Open ended questions • Repetition and drill
• Flexible demands • Reflecting, inactivity
• Looking for patterns • Assignments without choice
• Self-discovery projects
• Interdisciplinary units
Reading Preferences Writing Preferences
• Likes a variety of reading materials • Metaphors
• Needs a “hook” to focus • Imagination and fiction, including science
• Sees the big picture fiction and fantasy
• Imagination and fiction • Self-expression and personal
• Science fiction and adventure • Opportunities to use symbolism
• Poetic and creative • Variety and choices are important
Instructional Activities: Brainstorming, problem solving, games, experiments, simulations
Activities They Prefer: Organizing, reorganizing, exploring, forecasting, processing, predicting
Multiple Intelligences Strengths: Visual/spatial, musical/rhythmic, bodily/kinesthetic