The Concrete Random Learning Style

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Concrete random learners work best when they

• can try new approaches and solve problems.
  "Our science lab is great-we get to design our own experiment."
  
  
• are self-directed.
  "I'd rather choose my own topic than pick one from someone else's fifty suggestions."
  
  
• are competitive.
  "I tend to compete with myself as muchas with others."
  
  
• create their own answers.
  "I can tell by the look on the teacher's face that my answer was not the one he expected."
  
  
• ask, "How many different ways can I ...?"
  "I love to brainstorm."
  
  
• use trial-and-error approaches.
  "I need to do things for myself, even if they fail."
  
  
• do brainstorming and open-ended activities.
  "The best activities are those that don't have a right answer." Note: Algebra is not like this!
  
  
• produce real, but imaginative, products.
  "My favorite-doing the unit on inventions. I invented my own oven by accident!"
  
  
• have options to prove their way works.
  "I tend to think you are daring me to prove something when you suggest I can't."
  
  
• have hands-on experiences.
  "I like to do things-stuff."

Take a few moments and reflect on what phrases you have heard (by friends, relatives, teachers, etc.), or what comments you have made yourself, that show how you are a Concrete Random type thinker/learner.

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Other Styles
Abstract Sequential   |   Abstract Random   |   Concrete Sequential

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