Artisans have mixed feelings about schooling. Spontaneous, creative types, they seek excitement and fun, and get bored easily if classes are too constraining. There are 4 types of Artisan personalities; Promoter, Crafter, Performer and Composer. Here are a few study tips for each Artisan type, to help you maximize study time when preparing for midterm exams.
Kirk, an Artisan Promoter, loved the freedom he experienced when he went away to school, but his first semester grades were a shock to both him and his family. He asked for advice on improving study habits to work smarter rather than harder. Here are tips for the Artisan Promoter: When possible, Promoters should study with friends; they learn and retain more if they talk the ideas out. Keep it interesting; have a competition to see who can correctly answer the questions first, or try using persuasive skills to make a sales pitch out of the material. Convince a Promoter that he should care about this material, and he is much more likely to retain it.
Donna, an Artisan Crafter, wants to go into medicine. She thought she'd like to be a surgeon, but memorizing chemistry formulas seemed to be her nemesis. Study tips: When studying for a test or quiz, Donna can improve her score by using her whole body to learn difficult material. One Crafter associated the steps in a formula with martial arts moves; familiarity with the form helped him make the formula real. It's best to 'over-study'-Crafters tend to think they have mastered more material than they really have. Even another ten minutes of studying can be the difference between understanding the basic outline and really getting the information ingrained firmly in your mind.
Maylene, an Artisan Performer, is studying music. Quite successful, she still needed help with classes required for graduation. Performers should study with friends; they learn more by talking the ideas out, or have others quiz them on the material. A good study time technique is to alternate giving answers out loud and writing them down, because Performers need to become fluent in both methods. If they are learning new material, it can be useful to act it out. The more they can get action in their bodies and words in their mouths to connect with the material, the faster and better they will learn it. A good tactic for the Performer is to act first, write second; once she understands the material, it is helpful to write down the part she knows best. This tactic improves writing ability and ensures greater success on essay questions.
Artisan Composer Charleston wants a career in graphic arts, but math was his Achilles heel. He got help from his school's tutoring center; he also got tips on different ways to study. Composers need to have both social and private study time. Composer study tips: When studying by themselves, they usually choose a place where they can enjoy the environment, often outdoors. Since Composers retain knowledge when it is connected to action, a good tactic can be to study while taking a walk or shooting some hoops. That way, when taking the test, they are able to remember what they were seeing, hearing, and/or doing while they studied each concept or fact. If a Composer listens to music while studying, he will remember facts by associating them with particular lyrics or parts of the music. Charleston will benefit from having social time to study. Being able to talk about what he has learned will help him to remember the material at test time.
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Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
(Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emile, On Philosophy of Education)
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