Comments on: Connecting Personality Type to Your Learning

By: Donna Dunning

Donna Dunning — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:28:54 +0000

I hear you. My ISTJ son and I (ENFP) have discussed these learning differences. He builds main ideas from the facts and I “hang” the facts on the main ideas. When I don’t have an overview I don’t know where the facts fit. It’s great to learn about and appreciate these learning differences.

By: AnneAmanda

AnneAmanda — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:19:43 +0000

Yes, that’s exactly it. She likes to leap directly into the details and let the overall picture reveal itself as she works, but that just confuses me. Once I understand what the point is, then the details make sense.

By: Donna Dunning

Donna Dunning — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:27:58 +0000

I’m glad you enjoyed the article AnneAmanda. The E/I differences can certainly make learning more challenging at times. I find computer programming is sequential and, having an N preference myself, I often struggle with step-by-step procedures. My strategy is to write the steps down because I forget the order if I don’t. To best learn using your INJ preferences, reflect first on the overall structure and purpose of what you are programming, then attend to the details.

By: AnneAmanda

AnneAmanda — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:32:14 +0000

This is wonderful. I read the second paragraph of this blog, and I suddenly understood something that had been puzzling me about why my mother’s teaching style just doesn’t work with my learning style. She is teaching me programming, and while I love it, sometimes I simply don’t get what she’s talking about. It’s not because programming is hard but because she’s teaching like an S, and I’m learning like an I. I think she’s an ESTJ, and I’m an INFJ/INTJ.