How do you think?

Class Brainstorm

How do we learn?

What can get in the way of learning?

You have to know who you are, what your strengths, preferences and skills are, and how you think, in order to better understand the decisions you make. And, reflecting on our preferences and skills helps us identify the steps we need to take to achieve our career goals in the future.

So, let's get started!


Thinking Style Questionnaire 1 (we will do this on paper)

Thinking Styles Work Sheet (we will also do this on paper)

Given these two personal assessments, answer the following questions on a sheet of lined paper.

1) Did you score as a more right -brain or more left-brain style of thinker? Do you think this matches up with who you are? See the notes below for ideas of what to write about.

The Right Brain

According to the left-brain, right-brain dominance theory, the right side of the brain is best at expressive and creative tasks. Some of the abilities popularly associated with the right side of the brain include:

• Recognizing faces
• Expressing emotions
• Music
• Reading emotions
• Color
• Images
• Intuition
• Creativity

The Left Brain

The left-side of the brain is considered to be adept at tasks that involve logic, language, and analytical thinking. The left-brain is described as being better at:

• Language
• Logic
• Critical thinking
• Numbers
• Reasoning

2) What strategies do you think you will use, from the right-brain/left-brain worksheet? List two and how they can help you with your high school work.

3) What Thinking Style did you get? Abstract Random? Concrete Random? Abstract Sequential? Concrete Sequential? Pick five qualities from the chart and in one sentence describe how it suits you.

ex. I learn best when able to work in friendly environments - This is so true, as I get super frustrated when I have to work with someone who is grumpy!

- Inspirational Quotes!