As seen on the "Seven Degrees of Connectedness & Your Personal Learning Network" I believe I am between Stages 1 "The Lurker" and Stage 2 "The Novice." I partially attribute my "shyness" to become a more active participant on my personality (described below).
The Five Factor Personality Test was rather easy to take. There were a series of Likert Scale questions for each attribute, and the results of the test were given immediately. My results were as follows:
Agreeableness 85%
I agree with the results (what a surprise!). I want to make people happy and please them, I am leery of confrontation. There are many times I wish I was not so agreeable, as I tend to compromise my own feelings or thoughts. It's definitely something I conscientiously try to work on.
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Again, I agree with these results. I love planning and I love details! I love thinking through how things will work, whether it's a lesson, a vacation, or even just managing my time. I try to avoid surprises.
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I definitely consider myself an introvert, I always have been. I do not enjoy being the center of attention, I am super low-key. However, I do say "Yes!" and "Let's go!" in some situations, more so with people I am comfortable with, so it makes sense that my results fell almost exactly in the middle.
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People often describe me as calm and believe that I stay calm in stressful situations, so I can see why I scored 47%. However, although outwardly it appears that I am calm, I definitely internalize some emotions.
Openness to Experience 59%
Based on the result description, I think my score is perfect! I don't necessarily think of myself of a creative person, but I see the beauty in it.
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Based on the result description, I think my score is perfect! I don't necessarily think of myself of a creative person, but I see the beauty in it.
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For me, the Five Factors test described me fairly well. Sometimes taking personality tests can feel uneasy as it may give you results you don't want to hear. However, I see it as identifying areas of opportunity. I can see areas that I can work on to help contribute to my PLN and make it an even greater place!
Hello Amy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great post. I was wanting to take the Five Factors Personality Test, but decided to get back to an PLN I had joined and never done anything with. It's interesting how accurate you feel the results are. I'm curious to take the test myself to see how well they match me. I would probably consider myself to be between a "Lurker" and a "Novice" as well. I follow a lot of people and I like to gather a lot of info, but I hardly reach out and interact. It's a goal of mine to push myself and be more active in PLCs online. Thanks for sharing!
Very reflective piece, Amy. It's important as educators to occasionally look at what we bring to the table and analyze where our strengths and weaknesses are.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are very in-touch with yourself. I believe that we are very similar in nature. Like you, I tend to be more of a lurker and an introvert. I also consider myself in the Cognitive stage. I like learning and being inspired by what other teachers are doing. I believe as time goes by we will both learn to be more active in pursuing our PLN's.