If you are in Mrs. Harrell’s class, then you
are clearly both brilliant and talented, but HOW
do you think? What unique qualities do YOU
posses that help, but sometimes hinder, the way
you process information?
Right/Left Brain Dominance
Modality
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Temperaments
Gregoric
The human brain is divided into two
hemispheres.
The RIGHT BRAIN controls creativity.
The LEFT BRAIN controls logical thinking.
Are you left brain or right brain dominant?
Let’s find out!
Creative
Spontaneous
More Abstract
Emotional
Risk takers
Intuitive
Spatially Oriented
Logical
Intellectual
Rational
Analytical
Time oriented
Planners
Sequential
Some students learn best when they are
able to HEAR information. These students
are called AUDITORY LEARNERS.
Other students need to SEE the
information. They are called VISUAL
LEARNERS.
Still others need to TRY THINGS OUT.
They are called hands on or
KINESTHETIC LEARNERS.
Speak or listen to speakers
Have discussions
Make up rhymes and poems
Read aloud
Use oral directions
Listen to music, CDs and MP3s
Repeat things orally.
Form mental pictures
Take notes
Use color codes
Watch movies and filmstrips
Use charts, graphs and maps
Draw
Demonstrate
Physically try things out
Practice by repeated motion
Role play
Exercise
Dance
Associate feelings with concepts
Stretch and move around.
FALSE! Athletes possess a certain type of
intelligence called Kinesthetic Intelligence or
Body Smarts. This is just one of the eight
intelligences researched and identified by
Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard.
Linguistic (Word Smart)
Spatial (Art Smart)
Musical (Music Smart)
Logical (Math Smart)
Intrapersonal (Self Smart)
Interpersonal (People Smart)
Naturalistic (Nature Smart)
Temperament theory has its roots in the ancient
four humors theory. It may have origins in
ancient Egypt
or Mesopotamia, but it was the Greek
Physician, Hippocrates (460-370 BC), who
systemized and developed it into a medical
theory. He believed certain human moods,
emotions and behaviors were caused by body
fluids (called "humors"): blood, yellow bile,black
bile, and phlegm.
The Sanguine temperament personality is fairly
extroverted. People of a sanguine temperament tend
to enjoy social gatherings and making new friends.
They tend to be creative and often day dream.
However, some alone time is crucial for those of this
temperament. Sanguine can also mean very sensitive,
compassionate and thoughtful. Sanguine
personalities generally struggle with following tasks
all the way through, are chronically late, and tend to
be forgetful. Often, when pursuing a new hobby, interest
is lost quickly--when it ceases to be engaging or fun.
A person who is choleric is a doer. They have a lot
of ambition, energy, and passion, and try to instill
it in others. They can dominate people of other
temperaments, especially phlegmatic types. Many
great charismatic military and political figures
were cholerics.
A person who is a thoughtful ponderer has a
melancholic disposition. Often very kind and
considerate, melancholics can be highly creative –
as in poetry and art - and can become occupied
with the tragedy and cruelty in the world. A
melancholic is also often a perfectionist. They are
often self-reliant and independent.
Phlegmatics tend to be self-content and kind.
They can be very accepting and affectionate. They
may be very receptive and shy and often prefer
stability to uncertainty and change. They are very
consistent, relaxed, rational, curious, and
observant, making them good administrators and
diplomats. Unlike the Sanguine personality, they
may be more dependable.
The style represents two types of preferences:
Perceptual preference
* abstract (reason and intuition)
* concrete (the senses)
Ordering preference
* sequential
* random
These learners prefer direct, hands-on
activities, step-by-step instructions,
and real life examples.
These learners prefer a trial-and-error approach,
with breakthroughs through intuitive insight.
They like a stimulus rich environment. They
thrive on competition, especially if they can use
their wits. They are implementers of change and
tend to be impulsive. They don't like to read
directions and dislike structure.
These learners prefer a highly verbal, logical and
analytical approach based on intellect. Their
motto is "knowledge is power." They like solitude,
prefer well-organized material, and are highly
skeptical. They have trouble picking up subtle
nonverbal cues and dislike distractions. They like
written, verbal, and visual instruction.
These learners like to focus on relationships and
their emotions. They respond to visual methods
of instruction, group discussion, and time for
reflection. They enjoy evaluating personal
experiences.
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We will be putting together a project that showcases all of the
different ways that YOU think and learn based on the results of
the quizzes we have just taken.
This can be an illustrated piece of writing
a PowerPoint Presentation
a movie
a collage with text
a facebook or webpage type set-up
or anything else you can dream up.
The project must include references to all of the different factors
that contribute to your learning (Right/Left Brain, Modality,
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences, Temperaments and Gregoric) as
well as descriptive words from the results to showcase your
unique qualities to the class and later become part of Wanna Piece
of Me and the Antholio.
You will present this project to the class ___________.