Student Trends

 

Characteristics of Community College Students

Patrick Nellis, Valencia Community College

http://wtscenarios.com/TRScontent/hmco/s100012content2_5/e1.r.4.char.html

 

           Faculty sometimes wonder about their students. Who are these people and what do they want

           from us?

 

The Barsch Learning Style Inventory

http://vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

 

           This questionnaire aims to find out something about your preferences for the way you work with

           information. You will have a preferred learning style and one part of that learning style is your 

           preference  for the intake and output of ideas and information.

Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles

North Carolina State University

http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html

 

           Richard Felder provides an overview of student learning styles and proposes instructional methods

           to reach these students. While his examples relate to college science education, Felder's

           suggestions can easily be applied to other disciplines.

 

The Keirsey Temperament and Character Tests

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/ keirsey.htm

 

          The Keirsey Temperament and Character tests resemble the Meyers-Briggs test. They can be taken

          online and scored immediately. The temperament and character types are explained. There is also a

          short list of careers aligned with the character types. Architect, for example, is aligned with rational,

          teacher is aligned with idealist, etc. Students will enjoy taking the tests and learning about

          themselves from the scores they receive. The scores can also be used by instructors at the

          beginning of courses to learn about students and better plan instructional strategies, emphases,

          and individualized responses.