Different Strokes for different folks. The 4 basic personality types

Different Strokes for

different folks

The 4 basic personality types

Draw a squarea circle

and a triangle

Draw a square, a circle and a triangle again, with your OTHER

HAND….

• How did it FEEL to write with your less preferred hand?

• Do you think you could LEARN to write with the that hand?

• Do you think it’s better to be left-handed or right-handed?

• Would you judge a person based on that?• Are we talking about “better” ways to do

things or “different” ways?

What would be your perfect New Year’s Eve?

• At home or out?• Stimulating and exciting or safe, warm and

sane?• With or without champagne?• Spend with people you already know?• Splurge or homemade?• Planned way ahead or spontaneous?

FEEL

THINK

DO WATCH

CONCRETE

ACTIVE REFLECTIVE

ABSTRACT

FEEL/WATCH

DO/FEEL

WATCH/

THINK

THINK/DO

WHY?WHAT IF?

WHAT?HOW?

DO/FEEL: What If ?What If ?“Dynamic”

• Wants to adapt new learning to different settings or issues

• Seeks to go beyond the classroom and relate learning to other areas of life

• Likes to find other uses for new learning

FEEL/WATCH: Why?Why?“Imaginative”

• Seeks a purpose for information: Why is it important to learn this?

• Looks for a personal connection with the content

• Considers situations from many points of view

THINK/DO: How ?How ?“Common sense”

• Wants to apply and test theories and models

• Gets involved with new learning by personally testing it out

WATCH/THINK: What ?What ?“Analytic”

• Wants to know critical facts• Seeks theories and models

to explain what’s happening• Enjoys learning facts and arranging them in

a logical, concise manner

Professor Howard Gardner, Harvard University

The concept of

““Multiple Intelligences” Multiple Intelligences”

LINGUISTICLINGUISTICWord SmartWord Smart

journalists, poets, journalists, poets, lawyerslawyers

LOGICAL-LOGICAL-MATHEMATICALMATHEMATICAL

Logic SmartLogic Smartscientists, accountants, scientists, accountants, computer technicianscomputer technicians

SPATIALSPATIALPicture SmartPicture Smart

architects, artists, architects, artists, pilots, engineerspilots, engineers

MUSICALMUSICALMusic SmartMusic Smart

singers, composers, singers, composers, musiciansmusicians

BODILY-BODILY-KINESTHETICKINESTHETIC

Body SmartBody Smartathletes, craftspeople, athletes, craftspeople,

surgeonssurgeons

INTERPERSONALINTERPERSONALPeople SmartPeople Smartsocial workers, social workers,

teachers, negotiators, teachers, negotiators, clergyclergy

INTRAPERSONALINTRAPERSONALSelf SmartSelf Smart

counselors, theologians, counselors, theologians, the self-employedthe self-employed

NATURALISTICNATURALISTICCategorizing and Categorizing and

Natural SmartNatural Smartbiologist and botanists, biologist and botanists,

chefschefs

PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES:

1.You could Visualize it2.You could Diagram it

(spatial intelligence)3.You could just Do it (bodily-kinesthetic(haptic) intelligence 4.You could Calculate it mathematically

(logical-mathematical intelligence)5.You could Verbalize it

(linguistic intelligence)

A man and a woman are standing side by side with their weight on

their right feet.

They begin walking so that each steps out on his or her left foot.

The woman takes 3 steps for each of the man’s 2 steps.

Problem #1

How many steps has the man taken by the time they’re on the right footright foot together?

How would you like to solve this

problem?

VISUALIZE it?

DIAGRAM it?(spatial intelligence)

DO it?(bodily-kinesthetic intelligence)

CALCULATE it mathematically? (logical-mathematical intelligence)

VERBALIZE it? (linguistic intelligence)

Answer:When the man

has taken 4 steps(so, the woman has

taken 6)

Problem #2A cube is

paintedpainted on the outside and, with 9 equal slices,

is divided into

27 smaller cubes.

+ +

How many of each type block?

3 sides paintedpainted2 sides paintedpainted1 sides paintedpainted0 sides paintedpainted

How would you like to solve this?

•Visualize it•Diagram it •Do it•Calculate it•Verbalize it

Do it?

VISUALIZE it?

Answer:

3 sides painted – 82 sides painted – 121 sides painted – 60 sides painted - 1

Problem #3

How thick is a piece of paper folded

50 times?

1+1= 2 folds

2+2= 4 folds

4+4= 8 folds

8+8= 16 folds

= 50 folds

DO it? Mathematically?

How would you like to solve this?

•Visualize it•Diagram it •Do it•Calculate it•Verbalize it

Answer:1,000,000,000,000

2 to the 50th power

Problem #4 Rearrange 12 sticks forming 3

squares,

into8 squares.

Just Do it?

SOLUTION: