Leaning

Scope

Levels

Forms

Function

Style Characterization Example

Legislative Likes to create, invent, design, Likes doing science projects,

do things his or her way, writing poetry, stories, or

have little assigned structure. music, and creating original

artworks.

Executive Likes to follow directions, do Likes to solve problems, write

what he or she is told, be papers on assigned topics,

given structure. do artwork from models,

build from designs, learn

assigned information.

Judicial Likes to judge and evaluate Likes to critique work of

people and things. others, write critical essays,

give feedback, advice.

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Monarchic Likes to do one thing at a time, Likes to immerse self in a

devoting to it almost all energy single project, whether art,

and resources. science, history, business.

Hierarchic Likes to do many things at once, Likes to budget time for

setting priorities for which to doing homework so that

do, when and how much time more time and energy is

and energy to devote to each. devoted to important

assignments.

Oligarchic Likes to do many thing at once, Likes to devote sufficient

but has trouble setting priorities. time to reading

comprehension items,

so may not finish

standardized verbal-ability

test.

Anarchic Likes to take a random approach Writes an essay in stream-of-

to problems, dislikes systems, consciousness form; in

guidelines, and practically all conversations jumps from

constraints. one point to another;

starts things but doesn’t

finish them.

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Global Likes to deal with big picture, Writes an essay on the generalities, abstractions. global message and

meaning of a work of art.

Local Likes to deal with details, Writes an essay describing

specifics, concrete examples. the details of a work of art

and how they interact.

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Internal Likes to work alone, focus Prefers to do science or social

inward, be self-sufficient. studies project on his or her

own.

External Likes to work with others, Prefers to do science or social

focus outward, be independent. studies project with other

members of a group.

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Liberal Likes to do things in new ways, Prefers to figure out how to

defy conventions. operate new equipment in

non-traditional way;

prefers open-classroom

setting.

Conservative Likes to do things in tried Prefers to operate new

and true ways, follow equipment in traditional way;

conventions. prefers traditional

classroom setting.

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Most of us tend toward one style within each category, although these preferences may vary with the task and situation. For example, children who are liberal in science class (enjoy doing things in new ways) may be conservative in cooking class or in gym (prefer the familiar). Teachers who are legislative at work (preferring creation, invention) may be executive at home Following or giving directions, preferring structure), almost always taking the lead with the family.

There exist a number of ways to assess styles. One is based on self-reports of students and teachers, another on performance, and a third on evaluations by another person. The most direct way is to analyze the types of instructional and assessment activities a person prefers. By doing this, you can make a difference to your students now!

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