1. Microscope Learning Tendencies
Innate Abilities Work Best When They
• Valuing information and details • Have expert references/sources
• Organizing and debating ideas • Feel confident and comfortable
• Homing in on main points, critical thinking • Are working alone
• Researching information • Can write analytically
• Focusing on solutions and finding answers • Learn from lecture and reading
• Working to success and recognition • Can think in abstract terms/language
• Through logical learners
Challenges They Face What They Need to Work On
• Working with others in group discussions • Letting go of perfection
• Hypothetical situations/ simulations • Over-obsession with grades
• Building or creating projects • Being less critical/non-judging
• Expressing their emotions • Trying new things, “lightening up”
• Creative writing • Listening to others’ ideas/suggestions
• Open-ended situations or problems • Being aware of feelings
Analytical Learner Tendencies
• Seeks facts and information • Likes challenges, possibilities
• Wants to organize information • Appreciates logic and reasoning
• Works systematically • Needs fair treatment
• Likes organizers (graphic and advanced) • Firm and tough-minded
• Wants clear purpose, directions, • Not attuned to feelings
experiences • Has a talent for analyzing
• Needs time for reflection before action
Likes Dislikes
• Written tests; essays, multiple-choice tests • Pass/fail grading
• Concepts and ideas • Role playing
• Collecting data • Subjective tests
• Comments and feedback • Group grades
Reading Preferences Writing Preferences
• Independent reading on topics of interest • Essays
• Likes details and descriptions, information • Analytical pieces that are supported with
• Likes challenges and intrigue in books research and evidence
• Likes graphs, charts, lists • Likes detail and description in writing
Instructional Activities: Lecture, mastery, text, Internet and library resources, independent study
Activities They Prefer: Analyzing, reporting, speculating, inferring, hypothesizing, outlining
Multiple Intelligences Strengths: Logical/mathematical, naturalist, intrapersonal