Learning My Learning Style (Do not read this first!)

(Do not read this first. Read the ICA-CP: 9/20/07 - Still far away blog entry first.)

If you are reading this, you have already finished Karel the Robot assignments 1-6 AND have copied them to your special folder. If you haven't, please go read the class blog entry with today's date.

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Have you ever wondered why you learn some things easily and why others take more effort or are harder to learn? It may have to do with your learning style, with the way you learn. The Myers-Briggs personality inventory will help you to discover and understand your learning style. After you finish taking the Myers-Briggs survey online, you will have 4 letters which describe you. We will using your 4-letter Myers-Briggs result as data for a Java program later.

Our programming course is all about critical thinking. I want you to apply your own critical thinking processes in identifying your learning style. There are three steps to this exercise.

Step 1: Take the online Myers-Briggs personality survery, also known as the Jung Typology Test. The link is http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm>. Take note of your 4-letter result.

Step 2: Use your Myers-Briggs result to find your learning style at the web site: http://www2.gsu.edu/~dschjb/wwwmbti.html

Step 3: Complete the 3-page Myers-Briggs worksheet. The worksheet Word document may be downloaded from this web site: http://lesson.taskstream.com/lessonbuilder/v.asp?LID=kjzifaf2cvhbzcfa
Please print a copy for yourself. To help you answer the questions, there are additional Myers-Briggs resources at the following web sites:
1) Learning and teaching styles: http://literacynet.org/lp/learn2learn/teachers/mbtindicator.html

2) Personality Pathways: http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

3) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: http://skepdic.com/myersb.html

4) Know Your Type: http://www.knowyourtype.com/

5) Four temperments (SP, NJ, SJ, NF): http://www.personalitypage.com/four-temps.html


So, as I mentioned, unless you are planning to be a Java programmer some day, you probably won't remember much about programming 4-5 years from now. What I do want you to remember about our class is that you learned how to analyze, create, and reflect a little more and a little better. Myers-Briggs is one of the tools in helping you discover some of the ways in which you analyze, create, and learn. If this seems to be confusing, don't worry. We will be going over the meaning of some of the Myers-Briggs results in class.