I did the test with my friend and partner Debra Nichols. Her results were: Type 3 — 47; Type 2 — 46; Type 1 — 28; Type 4 — 27. My hunch was correct that she is a Type 3 learner. I was surprised that Type 2 was so close, however. Her Watching/Doing score was -1, which was also surprising.
I had my husband, Adam take the test. My hunch was that he was a type 4 learner. Adam's results and my reactions were as follows: Type 1 - 53 (I was surprised this number was SO high, but ultimately not surprised that he was on a type 1 learner). Type 2 - 30 Type 3 - 25 (I was not surprised this was his lowest) Type 4 - 42 (his second type was my hunch and I was not surprised!)
Adam's watching/doing was -2 which was not surprising although I thought it might be lower.
Were we supposed to have them take the HMI as well? I did not see that anywhere - did I miss something? Type 2 -
I had one our interns in the office, Tim, take the test. I suspected he would be a Type 1 or a Type 3 learner (or both) based on the ways I have observed him engage with tasks and other people in the office during his time here so far. His results are below:
Type 1 - 41 Type 2 - 32 Type 3 - 40 Type 4 - 37
I felt really excited that my hunch was pretty much spot on. I was slightly surprised by his higher Type 4, but overall the results made sense and lined up with my original guess!
This was a fun exercise and I enjoyed grading the paper version a lot. :)
Oops - I forgot his watching/doing which was -3. I still do not fully understand how to interpret the watching/doing scale if I am being honest, so I did not have a specific number in mind. However, I suspected he is someone who observes, reflects and then does the things.
I had my colleague and friend David Gaydos take the test. Going in, I anticipated he would be heavy on the action side, and my expectation was that he would also be more of a "feeler" than a thinker. Based on this, I expected him to land as a type 4.
His results were: Type 1: 39 Type 2: 38 Type 3: 34 Type 4: 39 Watching/Doing: -5
What did not surprise me at all was that he was fairly evenly weighted as I believe he is an adaptive worker, as well as that he was a Type 4 learner. What DID surprise me, however, was that he was equally a Type 1, as I expected his "doing" tendency to outweigh his "feeling/experiencing" tendency, which it did not. This resulted, also, in his Watching score outweighing his Doing, which was a surprise to me.
I had my colleague and friend Drew Di Lillo take the test. I expected that he would be a Type 3 - Thinking and Acting - but I would not be surprised if he was a Type 2 because he is also Reflective. He is definitely more on the Doing side of things than the Watching side of things.
His results were: Type 1: 31 Type 2: 47 Type 3: 47 Type 4: 25
His watching/doing score was a -5.
No surprises here! Well, the most surprising thing as that Drew and I had almost identical scores. Our graphs look the same!
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ReplyDeleteI did the test with my friend and partner Debra Nichols. Her results were: Type 3 — 47; Type 2 — 46; Type 1 — 28; Type 4 — 27. My hunch was correct that she is a Type 3 learner. I was surprised that Type 2 was so close, however. Her Watching/Doing score was -1, which was also surprising.
I had my husband, Adam take the test. My hunch was that he was a type 4 learner. Adam's results and my reactions were as follows:
ReplyDeleteType 1 - 53 (I was surprised this number was SO high, but ultimately not surprised that he was on a type 1 learner).
Type 2 - 30
Type 3 - 25 (I was not surprised this was his lowest)
Type 4 - 42 (his second type was my hunch and I was not surprised!)
Adam's watching/doing was -2 which was not surprising although I thought it might be lower.
Were we supposed to have them take the HMI as well? I did not see that anywhere - did I miss something?
Type 2 -
I had one our interns in the office, Tim, take the test. I suspected he would be a Type 1 or a Type 3 learner (or both) based on the ways I have observed him engage with tasks and other people in the office during his time here so far. His results are below:
ReplyDeleteType 1 - 41
Type 2 - 32
Type 3 - 40
Type 4 - 37
I felt really excited that my hunch was pretty much spot on. I was slightly surprised by his higher Type 4, but overall the results made sense and lined up with my original guess!
This was a fun exercise and I enjoyed grading the paper version a lot. :)
Oops - I forgot his watching/doing which was -3. I still do not fully understand how to interpret the watching/doing scale if I am being honest, so I did not have a specific number in mind. However, I suspected he is someone who observes, reflects and then does the things.
DeleteI had my colleague and friend David Gaydos take the test. Going in, I anticipated he would be heavy on the action side, and my expectation was that he would also be more of a "feeler" than a thinker. Based on this, I expected him to land as a type 4.
ReplyDeleteHis results were:
Type 1: 39
Type 2: 38
Type 3: 34
Type 4: 39
Watching/Doing: -5
What did not surprise me at all was that he was fairly evenly weighted as I believe he is an adaptive worker, as well as that he was a Type 4 learner. What DID surprise me, however, was that he was equally a Type 1, as I expected his "doing" tendency to outweigh his "feeling/experiencing" tendency, which it did not. This resulted, also, in his Watching score outweighing his Doing, which was a surprise to me.
I had my colleague and friend Drew Di Lillo take the test. I expected that he would be a Type 3 - Thinking and Acting - but I would not be surprised if he was a Type 2 because he is also Reflective. He is definitely more on the Doing side of things than the Watching side of things.
ReplyDeleteHis results were:
Type 1: 31
Type 2: 47
Type 3: 47
Type 4: 25
His watching/doing score was a -5.
No surprises here! Well, the most surprising thing as that Drew and I had almost identical scores. Our graphs look the same!