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What's Your
Direction
Style?
Take a few minutes to
complete the following questionnaire to assess your preferred direction
style. Compare the two side-by-side responses and circle the statement that
applies to you right now. Count the number of circled items and write
your total at the bottom of each column.
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I
focus on the big picture. |
I
focus on the details. |
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I
skip around when reading a book. |
I
take things in sequential order. |
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I
like a holistic approach. |
I
like to make successive tries. |
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I
like to take breaks. |
I
like to be persistent. |
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I
generalize. |
I
like to talk specifics. |
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I
prefer informal structures. |
I
prefer formal design. |
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I
tackle many projects simultaneously. |
I
pursue one project at a time. |
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I
like a multidisciplinary approach. |
I
like to focus on a single discipline. |
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I
like to look at the overall effect. |
I
like to look at specific parts. |
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I
like to synthesize. |
I
like to analyze. |
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I
tend to look at themes. |
I
tend to look at the particulars. |
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Global Learner Total
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Linear Learner Total
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The column with the highest total represents your
direction style:
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My direction style
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If you’re a global learner,
you like to see the big picture before you begin looking at the
details. To other people, it sometimes seems that you ignore the
details, when actually you’re looking for the bigger ideas—and you have
no way of making sense of the details if you don’t understand the
overall concept first.
If you’re a linear learner, you appreciate a
step-by-step build of information, in a certain sequence and you
like each step to follow logically from the previous one. You probably
prefer facts and statistics to help you decide whether you want to learn
more.
More information on each style, along with
suggestions on how to maximize your learning potential, is available in
the book
Learn More Now (Hoboken, NJ; John Wiley & Sons, 2004).
(c)
Marcia L. Conner, 1993-2007. All rights reserved.
See
the latest assessment at
http://www.marciaconner.com/assess/directionstyle.html
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(Hoboken, NJ; John Wiley & Sons, 2004).
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