# MODULE 3

**Appendix**

PRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENT

**THE HARDY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING PROFILE**

Prior to attending the Facilitation Skills for Managers workshop, you
are to complete the Hardy Educational Learning Profile (HELP). This is
an adult cognitive learning style instrument developed by two
professional educators: Christopher Hardy, Ph.D., and Susan Hardy. The
HELP is one of the most reliable and valid instruments available. It has
undergone in-depth psychometrics and multivariate analysis. This means
that the HELP measures what it is intended to measure and that you can
have confidence in the accuracy of your profile.

The HELP constructs are derived from the theories of Jung, Osgood,
Ashcraft, and Vygotsky and incorporated in a modern, easy to understand,
information-processing framework. The profile measures how you prefer
to:

-   Interact or approach a learning situation or source of information
    using inner or outer focus

-   Acquire information with a concrete or abstract perception

-   Process that information with an objective or subjective
    decision-based function.

Your profile will indicate your general preference for the way you like
to learn, understand, and make sense of things based on your total
scores.

The HELP is self-administered and self-scored with an average
administration time of 7 minutes for the worksheet and 10 minutes to
score. It is comprised of a worksheet, score sheets, and a Learning
Profile Descriptions sheet. The HELP consists of three sets of 10 paired
word choices. You select between word choices according to your
preference. There are no right or wrong answers or profiles. Discovering
your unique style of learning and understanding the style of others will
help you in your role as a facilitator.

Please take a few minutes to fill out and score this instrument. **Make
sure to bring this packet of material with you when you attend the
Facilitation Skills for Managers workshop.**

## EXERCISE: THE HARDY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING PROFILE (HELP)

**Purpose:** To determine your learning profile.

## 

## Worksheet

Circle the appropriate block between each word pair based on your
preference.\
Consider each pair carefully. Think of the meaning (not the sound).

Example:

  ---------------- ------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---------------
  FAR                          a     b     c     d     E     f           CLOSE

  (The closer to                                                         
  the word, the                                                          
  greater your                                                           
  preference and                                                         
  vice versa.)                                                           

  **A)                                                                   
  INTERACTION:**                                                         
  Your preferences                                                       
  for words or                                                           
  meanings which                                                         
  best describe                                                          
  your approach to                                                       
  interaction to                                                         
  most situations:                                                       

  ACTION                       a     b     c     d     e     f           REFLECTION

  OUTGOING                     g     h     i     j     k     l           RESERVED

  CALM                         m     n     o     p     q     r           ACTIVE

  HASTY                        s     t     u     v     w     x           HESITANT

  ALONE                        y     z     aa    ab    ac    ad          CROWD

  VERBAL                       ae    af    ag    ah    ai    aj          NONVERBAL

  DOING                        ak    al    am    an    ao    ap          REHEARSING

  LISTENING                    aq    ar    as    at    au    av          TALKING

  OUTWARD                      aw    ax    ay    az    ba    bb          INWARD

  ACTING                       bc    bd    be    bf    bg    bh          WATCHING

  **B) GATHER                                                            
  INFORMATION:**                                                         
  Your preferences                                                       
  for words or                                                           
  meanings which                                                         
  best describe                                                          
  how you like to                                                        
  gather                                                                 
  information or                                                         
  perceive things:                                                       

  FACTS                        a     b     c     d     e     f           THEORIES

  HORIZON                      g     h     i     j     k     l           NEARBY

  REAL                         m     n     o     p     q     r           IMAGINATION

  DETAIL                       s     t     u     v     w     x           GLOBAL

  CONCEPTUAL                   y     z     aa    ab    ac    ad          FACTUAL

  LITERAL                      ae    af    ag    ah    ai    aj          FIGURATIVE

  SPECIFICS                    ak    al    am    an    ao    ap          POSSIBILITIES

  ESTIMATE                     aq    ar    as    at    au    av          PRECISE

  PRESENT                      aw    ax    ay    az    ba    bb          FUTURE

  ABSTRACT                     bc    bd    be    bf    bg    bh          CONCRETE

  **C) PROCESS                                                           
  INFORMATION:**                                                         
  Your preferences                                                       
  for words or                                                           
  meanings which                                                         
  best describe                                                          
  how you like to                                                        
  process                                                                
  information or                                                         
  make decisions:                                                        

  LOGIC                        a     b     c     d     e     f           VALUES

  RATIONAL                     g     h     i     j     k     l           COMPASSION

  SENTIMENT                    m     n     o     p     q     r           PRAGMATIC

  ANALYTIC                     s     t     u     v     w     x           CONSIDERATE

  PERSONAL                     y     z     aa    ab    ac    ad          IMPERSONAL

  THOUGHTFUL                   ae    af    ag    ah    ai    aj          PRACTICAL

  HELPFUL                      ak    al    am    an    ao    ap          SENSIBLE

  EVIDENCE                     aq    ar    as    at    au    av          FAITH

  REASONS                      aw    ax    ay    az    ba    bb          FEELINGS

  BELIEF                       bc    bd    be    bf    bg    bh          PROOF
  ---------------- ------- --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---------------

## EXERCISE: THE HARDY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING PROFILE (HELP), CONTINUED

### Scoring -- Four Steps

**Step 1.** On the previous page (worksheet) look at the small letters
in the blocks you circled. Then find the corresponding small letters in
each of the three columns below, and circle the numbers or values next
to these small letters.

**For example:** If you circled the block "a" in the first section A),
on the HELP worksheet, you would mark or circle the value "6" next to
the "a" in the column "A" below.

  ----- ----- ----------- ----- --------------------------------------------------
  a     6     ae          6     

  b     5     (Within           
              each column       
              A), B), and       
              C) below,         
              you should        
              finish with       
              10 values         
              circled.)         
  ----- ----- ----------- ----- --------------------------------------------------

  --------------- ----------- --------- ----------- -- --------------- ----------- --------- ----------- -- --------------- ----------- --------- -----------
  **A)                                                 **B) GATHER                                          **C) PROCESS                          
  INTERACTION**                                        INFORMATION**                                        INFORMATION**                         

  **Block \#**    **Value**   **Block   **Value**      **Block \#**    **Value**   **Block   **Value**      **Block \#**    **Value**   **Block   **Value**
                              \#**                                                 \#**                                                 \#**      

  a               6           ae        6              a               6           ae        6              a               6           ae        1

  b               5           af        5              b               5           af        5              b               5           af        2

  c               4           ag        4              c               4           ag        4              c               4           ag        3

  d               3           ah        3              d               3           ah        3              d               3           ah        4

  e               2           ai        2              e               2           ai        2              e               2           ai        5

  f               1           aj        1              f               1           aj        1              f               1           aj        6

  g               6           ak        6              g               1           ak        6              g               6           ak        1

  h               5           al        5              h               2           al        5              h               5           al        2

  i               4           am        4              I               3           am        4              i               4           am        3

  j               3           an        3              j               4           an        3              j               3           an        4

  k               2           ao        2              k               5           ao        2              k               2           ao        5

  l               1           ap        1              l               6           ap        1              l               1           ap        6

  m               1           aq        1              m               6           aq        1              m               1           aq        6

  n               2           ar        2              n               5           ar        2              n               2           ar        5

  o               3           as        3              o               4           as        3              o               3           as        4

  p               4           at        4              p               3           at        4              p               4           at        3

  q               5           au        5              q               2           au        5              q               5           au        2

  r               6           av        6              r               1           av        6              r               6           av        1

  s               6           aw        6              s               6           aw        6              s               6           aw        6

  t               5           ax        5              t               5           ax        5              t               5           ax        5

  u               4           ay        4              u               4           ay        4              u               4           ay        4

  v               3           az        3              v               3           az        3              v               3           az        3

  w               2           ba        2              w               2           ba        2              w               2           ba        2

  x               1           bb        1              x               1           bb        1              x               1           bb        1

  y               1           bc        6              y               1           bc        1              y               1           bc        1

  z               2           bd        5              z               2           bd        2              z               2           bd        2

  aa              3           be        4              aa              3           be        3              aa              3           be        3

  ab              4           bf        3              ab              4           bf        4              ab              4           bf        4

  ac              5           bg        2              ac              5           bg        5              ac              5           bg        5

  ad              6           bh        1              ad              6           bh        6              ad              6           bh        6
  --------------- ----------- --------- ----------- -- --------------- ----------- --------- ----------- -- --------------- ----------- --------- -----------

**Step 2.** After circling all your associated values, total them as
instructed below.

+------------------+---+----------------------+---+----------------------+
| A)  Total the 10 |   | B)  Total the 10     |   | C)  Total the 10     |
|     circled      |   |     circled values\  |   |     circled values\  |
|     values above |   |     above to obtain  |   |     above to obtain  |
|     to obtain    |   |     the "Concrete"   |   |     the "Objective"  |
|     the "Outer"  |   |     score.           |   |     score.           |
|     score.       |   |                      |   |                      |
|                  |   | **Concrete =**       |   | **Objective =**      |
| **Outer =**      |   |                      |   |                      |
|                  |   | Subtract "Concrete"  |   | Subtract "Objective" |
| Subtract "Outer" |   | total from 70.\      |   | total from 70. (70   |
| total from 70.   |   | (70 -- total =       |   | -- total =           |
| (70 -- total =   |   | "Abstract" score)    |   | "Subjective" score)  |
| "Inner" score)   |   |                      |   |                      |
|                  |   | **Abstract =**       |   | **Subjective =**     |
| **Inner =**      |   |                      |   |                      |
+------------------+---+----------------------+---+----------------------+

## EXERCISE: THE HARDY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING PROFILE (HELP), CONTINUED

**Scoring -- Four Steps (continued)**

**Step 3**. To determine your Learning Profile, plot the bar graphs in
A), B), and C). See example for A) below:

  -------------- -------- ----------- -- ------ -- ----------- ----------------------------------------
  **Example:**            **Outer**                **Inner**   

                 **65**                                        **(Outer score 50)**

                 **60**                                        

                 **55**                                        

                 **50**                                        

                 **45**                                        

                 **40**                                        **(Inner score 20)**

                 **35**                                        

                 **30**                                        

                 **25**                                        

                 **20**                                        **(and fill in)**

                 **15**                                        

                 **10**                                        

                 **5**                                         
  -------------- -------- ----------- -- ------ -- ----------- ----------------------------------------

  --------------- ------ -- ------ -- ----------- --------------- ----- -- ----- -------------- ----- --------------- ---- -- ---- ---------------- -----
  **A)                                            **B) GATHER                                         **C) PROCESS                                  
  INTERACTION**                                   INFORMATION**                                       INFORMATION**                                 

  **Outer**                           **Inner**   **Concrete**                   **Abstract**         **Objective**                **Subjective**   

  **65**                                          **65**                                              **65**                                        

  **60**                                          **60**                                              **60**                                        

  **55**                                          **55**                                              **55**                                        

  **50**                                          **50**                                              **50**                                        

  **45**                                          **45**                                              **45**                                        

  **40**                                          **40**                                              **40**                                        

  **35**                                          **35**                                              **35**                                        

  **30**                                          **30**                                              **30**                                        

  **25**                                          **25**                                              **25**                                        

  **20**                                          **20**                                              **20**                                        

  **15**                                          **15**                                              **15**                                        

  **10**                                          **10**                                              **10**                                        

  **5**                                           **5**                                               **5**                                         
  --------------- ------ -- ------ -- ----------- --------------- ----- -- ----- -------------- ----- --------------- ---- -- ---- ---------------- -----

**Step 4.** Next, in the box below, write the word which represents the
larger score from each graph.

For example:

**A) INTERACTION B) GATHER INFORMATION C) PROCESS INFORMATION**

*WRITE:* **Outer Abstract Objective**

(Or whichever in each pair is larger; for ties write both words.)

###### A) INTERACTION B) GATHER INFORMATION C) PROCESS INFORMATION

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ /
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

This (above) is your learning profile.

Go to the next page to learn more about it.

Copyright  1995 by Christopher R. Hardy, Ph.D., and Susan Hardy, MAT.
All rights reserved.

## EXERCISE: THE HARDY EDUCATIONAL LEARNING PROFILE (HELP), CONTINUED

**Learning Profile Descriptions**

**Instructions:** Look at the box with your learning profile from the
previous page. Match the word or words from your profile to the profile
description in A), B), and C) below. Easy as ABC!

+-------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+
| #### A) Intera    |                             |                   |
| ction, approach,  |                             |                   |
| or information so |                             |                   |
| urce for learning |                             |                   |
+-------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+
| **Outer:**        |                             | **Inner:**        |
|                   |                             |                   |
| -   Social and    |                             | -   Introspective |
|     open.         |                             |     and           |
|                   |                             |                   |
| -   You are       |                             |    contemplative. |
|     observably    |                             |                   |
|     outgoing and  |                             | -   You are       |
|     verbal.       |                             |     observably    |
|                   |                             |     reserved and  |
| -   You like to   |                             |     nonverbal.    |
|     discuss and   |                             |                   |
|     debate.       |                             | -   You like to   |
|                   |                             |     reflect and   |
| -   Action and    |                             |     listen.       |
|     doing with    |                             |                   |
|     others        |                             | -   Watching and  |
|     describe your |                             |     reflecting    |
|     learning      |                             |     describe your |
|     preferences.  |                             |     learning      |
|                   |                             |     preferences.  |
+-------------------+-----------------------------+-------------------+

  ------------------------------ ---------------- ------------------------------
  **B) and C) Gathering and                       
  processing information during                   
  learning activities**                           

  **Abstract-Objective**                          **Abstract-Subjective**

  Description: You prefer        **(Abstract)**   Description: You prefer to
  gathering information through                   gather information, seeking
  seeing the whole picture or                     possibilities and seeing
  conceptual framework; both                      conceptual aspects and
  global and theoretical. You                     patterns. You relate to
  also like to connect                            information that is
  information to your                             figurative, abstract, and
  conceptional perspective                        interpretable for its future
  seeing its relationships and                    possibilities. Your decisions
  possibilities. In processing                    are based on empathetic
  or making decisions, you seek                   insight, compassion, and
  solutions; in doing so, you                     consideration. Your
  are strategic, practical,                       perspective is conceptual and
  rational, analytic, and                         global. In a learning
  impersonal. Your perspective                    activity, you require and seek
  is generally long-ranged. In a                  new, potentially rewarding ,
  learning activity, you have a                   and exciting information. You
  need to understand the overall                  prefer helping, coaching, and
  purpose, its relevance to your                  cooperating. In making
  worldview, and its                              important decisions, you are
  significance. You are curious                   steadfast and committed to
  and conceptually associative.                   your ideas and values in
  You prefer reason and logic in                  consideration of others and
  explanations and are analytic                   self for the common good.
  and deliberate in expressing                    Learning should be in a
  your final decisions.                           harmonious setting and be seen
                                                  as applicable to your personal
                                                  goals and as a benefit to
                                                  others.

  **(Objective)**                                 **(Subjective)**

  **Concrete-Objective**                          **Concrete-Subjective**

  Description: You prefer to     **(Concrete)**   Description: You prefer to
  gather information                              gather information which is
  sequentially and by a detailed                  specific, practical, and
  step-by-step process.                           tangible. You relate to
  Information sought is real,                     information which is about
  concrete, specific, and                         people and real situations.
  precise. In processing                          You tend to base your
  information or making                           decisions upon interpersonal
  decisions, you are practical                    issues: regard for how you and
  and rational. Your decisions                    others might feel and be
  are organized and supported                     affected. In a learning
  with facts, details,                            activity, you are personal and
  procedures, and what has                        cooperative. You prefer facts,
  already worked. In a learning                   details, tangible aids,
  activity, you are a logical                     sequenced (step-by-step)
  and sequential learner and                      lesson formats, clearly
  seek immediate implications.                    spelled-out procedures and
  You expect structure,                           thorough instructions. You
  timeliness, schedules,                          seek solutions which have
  procedures, outlines, lists,                    immediate relevance,
  and details. You are task                       especially in how they affect
  oriented and prefer a                           others. You need a learning
  practical and orderly                           environment which is
  environment. Final solutions                    congenial, harmonious, and
  must be useful, functional,                     focused on clear, present, and
  substantial, definite, and                      personal outcomes.
  tangible.                                       
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