Scientific Definition
Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.
Plain-English Definition
Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.
Feynman Explanation
Two equally smart engineers learn the same lecture in opposite orders.
Core Principle
Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.
Mechanisms
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Four dimensions of learner preference: Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal, Sequential/Global.
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Technical training design; pair-programming and mentoring matches.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
Two equally smart engineers learn the same lecture in opposite orders.
Examples
- Engineering education research at NC State.
- Technical training design; pair-programming and mentoring matches.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Cover both poles on each dimension across a curriculum.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Cover both poles on each dimension across a curriculum.
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Interactive Mini Network
Click any neighbor to re-center the graph and follow the threads of connection.
Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Learners build knowledge by integrating new experience with existing mental structures — not by passive reception.
Targeted reps at the edge of your ability, with fast feedback, on a specific weakness.
Four learner preferences derived from Kolb: Activist, Reflector, Theorist, Pragmatist.
Four-stage cycle: Concrete Experience → Reflective Observation → Abstract Conceptualization → Active Experimentation.
Giving up after repeated exposure to uncontrollable negative events.
Performance improves with practice, but gains slow over time.
A deliberately curated set of people, sources, and feedback loops you draw on to learn faster than alone.
Default identity shift: you read, watch, and listen as a future teacher, not a passive consumer.
Preparing to teach a concept forces deeper encoding than passively studying it.
Pulling information out of memory cements it better than passively re-reading it.
Daily one-line capture of the single most important thing you learned that day.
Bloom-stacked curriculum that pairs passive online content with facilitated, experiential, and implementation phases.