1. The Sensing-Thinking (ST) or Mastery The Sensing-Feeling (SF) or Interpersonal
Learner – the Gem Clip Learner – the Teddy Bear
PREFERS TO LEARN BY: PREFERS TO LEARN BY:
• Seeing tangible results • Studying about things that directly affect
• Practicing what he has learned people’s lives rather than impersonal facts or
• Following directions one step at a time theories
• Being active rather than passive • Receiving personal attention and
• knowing exactly what is expected of her/him, encouragement from his teachers
now well the task must be done and why • Being a part of a team – collaborating with
LEARNS BEST FROM: other students
• Drill • Activities that help his/her team and she/he
• Demonstration feels about things
• Practice LEARNS BEST FROM:
• Hands on experiences • Group experiences and projects
LIKES: • Loving attention
• Doing things that have immediate, practical use • Personal expression and personal encounters
• Being acknowledged for thoroughness and • Role playing
detail LIKES:
• Praise for prompt and complete work • Receiving personal attention and
• Immediate feedback (rewards, privileges etc encouragement
DISLIKES: • Opportunities to be helpful in class
• Completing tasks for which there are no uses • Personal feedback
• Activities that require imagination and intuition • Sharing personal feelings and experiences with
• Activities with complex direction others
• Open-ended activities without closure or pay- DISLIKES:
off • Long periods of working alone silently
• Activities that focus on feelings or other • Emphasis on factual detail
intangible results • Highly competitive games where someone loses
• Detailed and demanding routines
The Intuitive-Thinking (NT) or The Intuitive-Feeling (NF) or Self-
Understanding Learner – Magnifying Glass Expressive Learner – the Slinky
PREFERS TO LEARN BY: PREFERS TO LEARN BY
• Studying about ideas and how things are related • Being creative and using his imagination
• Planning and carrying out a project of his own • Planning and organizing her/his work in her/his
making and interest own creative ways
• Arguing or debating a point based on logical • Working on a number of things at one time
analysis • Searching for alternative solutions to the
• Problem solving that requires collecting, problems beyond those normally considered
organizing, and evaluating data • Discussing real problems and looking for real
LEARNS BEST FROM: solutions
• Lectures LEARNS BEST FROM:
• Reading • Creative and artistic activities
• Logical discussions and debates • Open – ended discussion of personal and social
• Projects of personal interest values
LIKES: • Activities that enlighten and enhance – myths,
• Time to plan and organize her work human achievement, dramas, etc
• Working independently or with other intuitive- LIKES:
thinking types • Contemplation
• Working with ideas and things that challenge • Being able to learn through discovery
him to think, to explore, to master • Opportunities to plan and pursue his/her own
DISLIKES: interest
• Routine or role assignments • Recognition for personal insights and
• Memorization discoveries
• Concern for detail DISLIKES:
• Rigid rules and predetermined procedures • Too much attention to detail
• Facts, memorization, rote learning
• Tasks with predetermined correct answers
• Detailed and demanding routines
Source: Silver, H, So Each May Learn, ASCD,2000.