The Dominant Concrete Sequential (CS)

Key Word: FACTS

What Do They Do Best?

• Apply ideas in a practical way
• Organize
• Fine-tune ideas to make them more efficient
• Produce concrete products from abstract ideas
• Work well within time limits

What Makes Sense to Them?

• Working systematically, step by step
• Paying close attention to details
• Having a schedule to follow
• Literal interpretations
• Knowing what’s expected of them
• Routines, established ways of doing things

What’s Hard For them?

• Working in groups
• Discussions that seem to have no specific point
• Working in an unorganized environment
• Following incomplete or unclear directions
• Working with unpredictable people
• Dealing with abstract ideas
• Demands to "use your imagination"
• Questions with no right or wrong answers

What Questions Do They Ask While Learning?

• "What are the facts I need?"
• "How do I do it?"
• "What should the result look like?"
• "When is it due?"

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Copyright © 2002 Dennis W. Mills, Ph.D.
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