Personal Essay: My Learning And Personality Profile

Dallal Thibian

Dr. Stein

EDU 1301

16, Oct, 2016

My Learning and Personality Profile

Throughout our lives we start to perceive ourselves, or become aware of something. One of the many things that we start to notice is the many different ways we understand things. There are many different ways of learning, and one must find what preference fit their personality best. To be able to pin point the best learning methods could dramatically change ones own understanding of the subject one is learning about. One way to find out is to answer the MBTI, (Myer-Briggs Type Indicator), questionnaire. Another method of finding your personality type is using the Temperament Theory. If you are looking for a more simple way you may log on to Vark-learn.com, here

They also showed me my weaknesses, which is important to helping me figure out the best methods of studying. My two highest results were Kinesthetic, which was ten, and Visual, which was six. My two lowest results were Aural, which was four, and read/write, which was two. Breaking these results down into simpler terms, I learn best hands on. Kinesthetic is my strongest suit by far. An example of a kinesthetic learner would be someone who must act out the activity to learn it, rather than hearing, or reading instructions. To learn how to make something, I need to physically do it myself for me to fully understand. My second strongest method of learning is Visual. I need to see examples of whatever I am doing. An example of how I use my strongest methods of learning would be in math class. The teacher writes out the problem on the board and solves it. This helps me because I see the problem being done. I later on do the problem myself. Another example of visual is seeing pictures in a book or drawing out diagrams. I can use these two methods to help me study. If I need to memorize words, I use flashcards to write out the information. I will also draw doodles that help remind me of the word.

MBTI groups certain ways we humans perceive things. Everybody has a preference to things, knowing what yours are can help get you closer to self-understanding. The first group is Sensing and Intuition. I lean more towards Intuition, this is because I definitely have a hard time memorizing specific facts, while a person who prefers Sensing has a orderly memorization of specific information. As a person whos preference is Intuition, having a study partner in each class who prefers Sensing is helpful. They can help me break down a big idea I get after I read something, and help me find specific information to memorize. Second group is Thinking and Feeling. I strongly lean towards Feeling more than Thinking. This is a big weakness because if a professor is mean or gives off a negative energy while he or she teaching me I will distance myself from not only them, but also to the information they are presenting to me. The information may be vital to passing the class. I need to learn to look past the issues I have with a professor and not make is personal, in the end it will be me that is failing, not them. The third group is Introversion and Extraversion. I am a mix between both, but if I had to pick my preference is would be Extraversion. I definitely get my energy from others around me. I am at my peak when I am with people. I prefer group project and activities. Last group includes Judging and Perceiving. I am