MBTI and Learning Styles: Response to An Article

We are all first-year freshmen here, and I'm sure most of us are still figuring out how to succeed in college academics. If you get the chance, read this article. If you know your personality type, you can then correlate it with a certain kind of learning style that would most benefit you as a student. Knowing the ways you learn best can have a very positive impact on your GPA, as well as your overall academic career. If you don't have time to read the article, I will outline some of the main points made here:

Most extraverted students will benefit from pairing off for homework assignments and group projects. This is because most extraverts like to think out loud, running their ideas by their peers and coming to conclusions that way. Introverts, on the other hand, will run their own ideas through their internal logic systems to determine whether or not they are correct. Introverts will, more often than not, opt to work alone on group projects because, to them, spending time listening to many other people's ideas is exhausting and takes too much time.

Sensing students will benefit from taking a hands-on approach to learning. These are the kind of students that like to do practice problems, like to go out into the field, and like to work through things themselves in order to learn. Also, Sensing students benefit from an organized, concrete approach to learning, where they are given evidence to support claims made by the teacher. Intuitives, on the other hand, are able to make connections based off of seemingly abstract concepts. These students may not benefit as much from real-world applications, but sometimes you can almost let them teach themselves. An intuitive will enjoy trying to connect different ideas together on their own.

Thinking students tend to learn better with numbers and other logical concepts. Thinking students tend to do better in classes such as math and science. Feelers like to orient their learning toward people, much like an extravert. However, feelers focus on the impact that things have on people. That is why feelers do better in subjects like English and sometimes Social Studies. Feelers many times are also better at putting their thoughts into words.

Judging students will benefit from concrete deadlines and set goals, as it will fit in with their regimented lifestyle. If a lecture or assignment seems like it is going nowhere, they will wonder why they are participating in such a dead-end task. Perceiving students, on the other hand, will benefit from progress checks and breaks in monotony. Perceivers like to gather information for a while before they complete tasks, so simple prodding to keep them on the right track will help them succeed.

After reading the article, I definitely see much of myself in a lot of the points made. Progress checks are the only thing that keep me from starting every assignment the night before the due date. Do these learning/teaching tips help you understand the way you learn? Do you agree with them? Comment below if you have anything to say about this subject.