***Learning Style Theory***

**Learning Style Assessment**

Respectful Accurate Realistic Insightful

Harmonious Inventive Responsible Active

Responsive Productive Creative Logical

Unique Curious Practical Competitive

Determined Tender Concerned Daring

Inspirational Complex Procedural Impulsive

Vivacious Philosophical Orderly Exciting

Consensus Objective Efficient Original

Nurturing Dependable Decisive Intuitive

Supportive Informed Productive Unique

Make a Acquire Solve Create

Contribution Knowledge Problems Processes

Caring Studious Down-to- Innovative

Earth

Focus on Focus on Focus on Focus on

Relationships Facts Goals Ideas

Work Relationships Work Relationships Work Relationships Work
Relationships

Should support should be based should be should support

Feelings on facts businesslike ideas

Prefer to address Prefer written Prefer facts over Prefer time to

Needs evidence personal feelings discuss ideas

Like informality Like systematic Like well-organized Like Brainstorming

Approaches ideas

Prefer a relaxed Prefer time to Prefer a fast pace Prefer entertaining

Pace Analyze Ideas with a focus on & fast pace

Conclusions

**Instructions for Learning Style Assessment:** *Examine each horizontal
row of words. Think about which word most adequately describes you and
which word least adequately describes you. Rank order the horizontal
list of words utilizing a scale of 1-4. 4 represents the word that most
closely describes you, 3 represents the word that next most closely
describes you, 2 next most closely and 1 represents the word that least
closely describes you. Each horizontal line must have a 1, 2, 3, and 4.*

**Scoring the Learning Style Assessment:** *When you have completed
ranking each horizontal line, add the like columns vertically. Record
the vertical column totals in the box to the right of each column\'s
symbol. The highest score represents your preference and so on in
descending order. The lowest score represents your least favorite
learning preference.*

**Interpreting the Results of the Learning Style Assessment**

# Style Type One

**At Work:** People with this preference have a strong desire to
influence others. They believe in leading meaningful and significant
lives. They are often found in the helping professions or in
communication, education and the arts. They seek harmony in their
environment and relationships. They respond to encouragement rather than
competition.

**As team members:** They perceive information concretely and process it
reflectively. They value insightful thinking and excel at viewing
experiences from many different perspectives. They are thoughtful and
value people and culture. They enjoy observing others and absorb the
environment around them. **Their favorite question is why?** Their
strength as learners is to provide ideas and innovation. They will seek
to bring harmony into the team environment. They sort through
information by attempting to bring harmony between the information they
are receiving and their values. They believe that learning should
enhance the ability to know oneself. They see knowledge as enhancing
personal meaning and relationships.

**Strategies for Working with a Type One:** Involve type one's in
discussions. In team meetings they will want an answer to the question
why? The Type One team member will respond to activities which help them
connect the information in the meeting session with things they know or
understand. Remember that the Type One team member is impacted by
interactions between the leader, the group, and the individual. Team
members should work to include, motivate and engage the type one.
Remember to listen to them.

## Style Type Two

**At Work:** These people are conceptual and independent thinkers. They
are drawn to careers that pose a challenge and thrive on developing
models and exploring ideas. They enjoy building systems and must
maintain a feeling of innovation to be satisfied. They enjoy the process
of creating, but not necessarily the process of maintaining what they
have created.

**As Team members:** Type Two team members seek knowledge and
understanding. They are analytical, global and conceptual. They perceive
information abstractly and process it reflectively. They form theories
and concepts and integrate their observations into what is known. They
think sequentially, critique information and collect data. They thrive
on compiling facts into coherent theories. They tackle problems with
rationality and logic. They exercise authority through persuasion, by
knowing the important facts. The Type two team member is impatient with
routine, and must respect those who supervise them. They believe that
diligence and organization are critical to success. **Their favorite
question is what?** They are characterized by their strength in creating
concepts and models. They function by thinking things through and seek
intellectual recognition.

**Strategies for working with a Type Two:** Provide them with data and
information. Allow them to identify the \"big picture.\" The type two
team member is wonderful in group projects where information must be
categorized, and concepts or models developed. They thrive on achieving
insight when others can\'t see the forest for the trees. It is important
that when working with type two\'s that the leader be credible and
knowledgeable in the topic being discussed. Remember to keep the content
mentally stimulating.

## Style Type Three

**At Work:** The Type Three team member is loyal dependable, and
prepared. They have a strong sense of what is right and wrong in life.
They perceive information abstractly and process it actively. They
integrate theory and practice. They are pragmatic, \"if something works,
use it!\" They are organized sensible and concrete. They thrive on plans
and timelines. Type three team members like for things to begin and end
on time. They are often impatient with other learning types who seem to
value punctuality less.

**As team members:** They do not stand on ceremony, but prefer to get
right to the point. They are not tolerant of fuzzy thinking, but value
strategic thinking. They tend to be physical in their orientation and
usually participate in and enjoy physical activities. They are task
oriented and ensure that group projects are completed on time. They are
attentive to details, respect authority, and follow rules and
regulations**. Their favorite question is how does this work?** They
value productivity and competence. They believe that team activities
should be geared to competence and usefulness. They seek practical
applications for what they learn. They like hand-on projects and
activities.

**Strategies for working with a Type 3:** Type threes are usually fairly
easy to spot in a team environment, they are the team members who are
always on time! To manage the type three team members, make sure
meetings, projects, and planned activities start and end on time. The
type three sees this behavior as a basic element of respect. Nothing
will irritate the type three more than a meeting that is not run
efficiently. Working with a type three involves the practical
application of ideas. They enjoy factual data gathered from hand-on
experience. Information should be presented in a no nonsense skills
based fashion. They prefer activities to more passive types of
information transfer, but may be inpatient with fellow group members
with styles that are more abstract. They can sometimes be seen as bossy
and inflexible.

## Style Type Four

**At Work:** A type four team member is witty, charming and spontaneous.
Variety and excitement in the workplace stimulate them. They are
restless with jobs that are routine and structured preferring careers
that allow more independence and freedom. They perceive information
concretely and process it actively. They learn by trial and error. They
are enthusiastic about new things, are adaptable, and even thrive on
change. They often reach accurate conclusions in the absence of logical
justification. They are risk takers, trouble-shooters, and competitors.
**Their favorite question is what if?** They thrive on crisis and
challenge, and are action oriented.

**As team members:** They prefer to be given information or an
assignment and let loose to do it. They enjoy self-discovery. They enjoy
team environments that are fun and activities that are stimulating. They
value action, getting things done, and prefer to function by acting and
testing experiences. Their goal in teamwork is to bring action to ideas.

**Strategies for working with a Type 4:** The key to keeping the type
four team member happy is to keep them active. Keep the meetings moving.
Allow them opportunities to move, test out ideas, and maintain activity.
They will prefer small group work, exercises, or activities to more
traditional working formats. They enjoy tackling problems and looking
for patterns. They are visionary; appeal to their vision to get them
involved in the learning environment.