Transcript Understanding Thinking Style Preferences of Students

Tracey Hawkins
Professor of Accounting
University of Cincinnati
April 2, 2009
Arrange your 5 cards in order,
starting with the card that best
describes you and ending with
the card that is least like you.
 What was your immediate response to the cards you
were dealt?
 Were there any you wanted to get rid of immediately?
 Are there any that you weren’t willing to part with?
 Would you be comfortable finishing the game with the
hand that you were dealt?
You may now try to “improve”
your hand by trading cards with
others. You must maintain five
cards in your hand at all times.
 What were some of the strategies you used to negotiate
trades?
 Were there any noticeable patterns in the kinds of
cards players wanted to keep and those they were
willing to trade?
 If patterns were detected, what might they suggest
about the preferences of the group?
You must now discard your two
least preferred cards. You make
examine all the discarded cards
and make any exchanges you
wish. You should end with only
three cards.
 What reactions did you have when you had to give two
of your cards back?
 Were those choices easy or difficult for you to make?
 In the end, were you able to put together a hand that
closely represented you? If not, what card(s) did you
want that you couldn’t get?
Whole Brain Model
developed by Ned Herrmann
Logical
Analytical
Fact Based
Quantitative
Holistic
Intuitive
Integrating
Synthesizing
Sequential
Interpersonal
Organized
Feeling Based
Detailed
Kinesthetic
Planned
Emotional
Blue
This group is good at…
 Gathering facts
 Analyzing issues
 Problem solving logically
 Arguing rationally
 Considering financial aspects
 Measuring precisely
 Understanding technical elements
Green
This group is good at…
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Finding overlooked flaws
Approaching problems practically
Standing firm on issues
Maintaining a standard of consistency
Providing stable leadership and supervision
Reading fine print in documents/contracts
Organizing and keeping track of essential data
Developing detailed plans and procedures
Articulating plans in an orderly way
Keeping financial records straight
Red
This group is good at…
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Recognizing interpersonal difficulties
Anticipating how others will feel
Intuitively understanding how others feel
Picking up the non-verbal cues of interpersonal stress
Engendering enthusiasm
Persuading
Teaching
Conciliating
Understanding emotional elements
Considering values
Yellow
This group is good at…
 Reading the signs of coming change
 Seeing the “big picture”
 Recognizing new possibilities
 Tolerating ambiguity
 Integrating ideas and concepts
 Bending or challenging established policies
 Synthesizing unlike elements into a new whole
 Inventing innovative solutions to problems
 Problem solving in intuitive ways
Understanding that our students have
different thinking styles can help us…
 Develop learning activities that will help all students
learn
 Allow for better group interaction
For more information:
 The Whole Brain Business Book by Ned Herrmann
 The Creative Brain by Ned Herrmann
 The Diversity Game created by Ted Coulson and
Alison Strickland
 www.hbdi.com