Getting to Know Yourself

Know thyself. ~ Socrates

Teacher Tip

A few days before an exam or important deadline ask students to write a "One-minute Paper" on what they should do each day to prepare for the upcoming exam or assignment.

  

Teacher Tip

Give students the Learning Styles  Chart (link on right).  Ask students to identify their own learning style.


Discuss how knowing their own learning style can help them to become better learners.

  

Teacher Tip

Ask students to complete an appropriate personality test (e.g. links on right).  Discuss the kind of work that suits the personalities and what kind of work they would like to do. 

This will help students identify their strengths and weaknesses  and alert them to things they may need to be careful with (e.g. process operators must be very conscientious, check work carefully and pay attention to detail so people who are high on this aspect suit the work well).


 Self Awareness

On Course Site - Many useful links, for example

  • Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Making Course Corrections
  • Directions for Success
  • One-Minute Paper

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Learning Styles

 Everyone learns differently.  Find out more about how you learn.

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Personality

These psychology tests score five aspects of personality:  extraversion, confidence, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness.  Your personality is related to what type of work you will enjoy, what will be easy for you and what you might need to change in order to do your job well.