Personality

Identifying Learning and Personality Styles: The three learning styles are: 1. The Visual Learner 2. The Verbal Learner 3. The Logical Learner The Visual Learner: learns by manipulating images, forming objects accurately, and by graphics. They communicate by using charts, drawing maps, and recognize relationships between objects A visual learner likes to use color to organize. This is the way that a visual learner collaborates with the team members. The Verbal Learner: likes to read, write, and speak of subjects important to them. They learn well by listening, class participation, they can express themselves very well, and remember easily. A verbal learner also likes to teach others, debate, and he or she highlights no more than 10% of their notes. This is the method used by a verbal learner to collaborate with his or her team. The Logical Learner: recognizes patterns easily, perform complex calculations, tend to be organized, follow deadlines, and prefer to work independently. Logical learners can also explain material sequentially to others, writes outlines, and can analyze information. With this kind of collaboration a logical learner can hinder or bring the team closer to achieving his or her goal. The three personality types identified are: 1. The Thinker 2. The Organizer 3. The Giver The Thinker: learns through problem- solving, likes to find time independently to reflect on new information, finds new ways to approach issues, converts materials into logical graphs, minimizes repetitive tasks, and looks for opportunities to work independently. The Organizer: Tries to have tasks defined clearly in concrete terms to know the text requirements, looks for a well-structured stable environment, uses a planner to schedule tasks, and dates. Requests feedback, organizes materials by rewriting class, and text notes. Highlights class text The Giver: Likes to study and teach material to others, likes helping people by seeking tasks, finds way to express feelings, thoughts clearly and honestly, and places their energy into most important relationships Strategies and Communicating and Collaboration effectively within a group of individuals with different Learning and Personality Types : The following skills are important to have within the group to develop a successful strategy: an organized person, a person than can think logically and effective, a team leader who can keep the group working efficiently and be able to mediate any communication problems that could develop within the group. With these types of personalities within the group they would be able to manage and tackle the tasks at hand more efficiently. Also it is important to have an intrapersonal personality in the group they know how to understand themselves in relations to others, how to think and reason. They also see ideas from others point of view, and know to create, and maintain a relationship within the group. Everyone has different personalities and learning styles so it is important for the members of the team to adapt to all of the different styles so the team can be effective, and be successful in the task at hand while working together.