The Dominant Abstract Random (AR)

Key Word: FACTS

What Do They Do Best?

• Listen to others
• Understand feelings and emotions
• Focus on themes and ideas
• Bring harmony to group situations
• Establish positive relationships with everybody
• Recognize and meet the emotional needs of others

What Makes Sense to Them?

• Personalized learning
• Broad, general guidelines
• Maintaining friendly relationships
• Enthusiastic participation in projects they believe in
• Emphasis on high morale
• Decisions made with the heart instead of the head

What’s Hard For them?

• Having to explain or justify feelings
• Competition
• Working with dictatorial/authoritarian personalities
• Working in a restrictive environment
• Working with people who don’t seem friendly
• Concentrating on one thing at a time
• Giving exact details
• Accepting even positive criticism

What Questions Do They Ask While Learning?

• "What does this have to do with me?"
• "How can I make a difference?"

Back to Student Learning Styles

Copyright © 2002 Dennis W. Mills, Ph.D.
This publication may be reprinted in any format, but notification and credit is appreciated.