1. Welcome to your Portfolio Midterm!
There are three sections to your midterm. Please read instructions in each section and
follow the directions.
Section One:
By
(Steven Santiago)
It is important that you make a commitment to succeed in your college education. A
good way to finish what you start is to start well! In one paragraph or more write what
your intentions (right under this paragraph) are for this class and your college education.
Intention statements are commitments you make to do a specific task or to take a
certain action. Remember to be effective your Intention Statements must begin with "I
will" or "I intend to" NEVER "I WILL TRY". Saying you will try is not good enough to
bring about change.
My intensions for college are to become someone I’ve never been before. Going
to college helps my mindset become more independent of my future. I will do better for
myself and my family; also I will make my mom proud. She has always wanted me to do
well in school and that is something I will do. My future is very important to me and as
well as my kids if I do have later on. I will commit myself to doing well and walk a path of
success.

2. Section Two: There are three Learning Style inventories in this section. Please
read the instructions and follow the directions for each:
One tool that students find most valuable is discussed in Chapter 1 and that is
DISCOVERING HOW YOU LEARN. This information will help you to take advantage of
your strengths and shore up your weaknesses in both school and daily living situations.
Knowing this information will help you choose activities that match your learning style. It
will also help you understand why you struggle with some activities, professors, and
courses and not others. You may also begin to understand why you get along, or work
better with some individuals than others (it may help explain why you might disagree
with those you are close to as well).
Learning Style Assignment #1: VARK
Refresher - VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning
preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-
out information. Here is your assignment:
1. Copy and paste or type your VARK results.
The VARK Questionnaire Results
Your scores were:
Visual: 3
Aural: 10
Read/Write: 7
Kinesthetic: 10
You have a multimodal (ARK) learning preference.
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. What are your two highest VARK scores? My highest VARK score is 56
for Judging, and 39 for extraverted.
b. What are your two lowest VARK scores? My lowest VARK scores are 6 for
Sensing and 1 for Thinking,

3. c. Read the Help Study Sheet a Guide to Learning Styles at:
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets
Click on each of the Leaning styles and read the study strategies.
d. Use one or more of the Learning Styles study strategies that you feel
would be most helpful to you and write a paragraph about each of the
following:
1. taking in information;
2. using information for effective learning;
3. communicating more effectively;
4. performing well in tests and examinations.
Write your Paragraph here:
When taking in information the learning styles I would prefer to be useful are
read/writing and aural. Reading information and writing down the important parts are
useful, helping you understand the material a lot easier. Reading your notes over will
help you memorize the information and process them much better. And aural because
asking question will help you understand what the assignment is about. Asking
questions is very important when learning in college.
Using information for effective learning. The two learning styles I chose are visual
and read/write. When using information you have to visually see the show results.
Showing a class some of your how to answer problems visually will help them
understand the answers. Also read/writing the information to solve a problem will
showing your classmates is a big help.
For communicating more effectively I chose the aural and kinesthetic strategies.
You need speak properly to communicate. Communicating is very important when
learning in class. It is also a way of getting to know your classmates better. Getting to
know your classmates will help you get better answers for questions about class. I also
chose kinesthetic because interacting and doing things with others helps you have a
better relationship with others. Doing activities like sports will help your communication
improve.
Performing well in test and examinations, I chose multimodel because while
taking a test you need to use most of your senses. You need to read/write, aural to
repeat yourself a question, and visual to see what you are writing. These strategies will
be very useful when taking exams and test.

4. Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs
The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) personality inventory is to
make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and
useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random
variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic
differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.
1. Do the following:
a. Copy and paste or type your Score and Personality Type:
Score: 54
Personality Type: Visionaries
b. Since you have taken the Jung Test and know what your personality type
is go to this Website: http://www.personalitypage.com/html/portraits.html
to Identify careers for your Jung Personality Type – you will see a list
of Personality Type Portraits.
What is your Personality Type Portrait?
Answer:
Project-oriented
Enjoy generating ideas and theories
Creative and ingenius
Bright and capable
Flexible and Diverse
Excellent communication skills
Enjoy debating issues with other people
Excellent people skills
Natural leaders, but do not like to control people
Resist being controlled by people
c. Next click on what your Personality Type is; a new window will open. Read
your Personality Type Portrait.
d. After reading the ―Personality Type Portrait;‖ go to careers to learn some
of the careers that are possible for your personality type.
e. To do this: at the bottom of the article in the center of the page you will
see this image  click on the image to open the careers for your
personality type, a new window will open. What are the careers paths
possible for your personality type?

5. Possible Career Paths for the ENTP:
Lawyers
Psychologists
Entrepreneurs
Photographers
Consultants
Engineers
Scientists
Actors
Sales Representatives
Marketing Personnel
Computer Programmer, Systems Analyst, or
Computer Specialist
Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs (Continued)
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. Do you agree or disagree with the results – why or why not
Answer: I definitely agree with the result. I love art and I also love the
outdoors. Creativity is a big plus for me and I love to conversation with
others.
b. Do these careers match the careers you have chosen for yourself?
Answer: Yes I once wanted to be an architect and an actor. I love movies.
c. If no, will you change your career choice?
Answer:
d. What can you do with this information?
e. Answer: I can use this info on deciding my career in case I choose not to
pursue into my major.

6. Learning Style Assignment #3: True Colors:
Are you a thinker, always analyzing, like a GREEN? Do you prefer inspiring people and
building their self-esteem as a BLUE? Are you the responsible one who is always on
time and keeping everyone else on time like GOLD? Or do you thrive on entertaining
and persuading people, like an ORANGE? Take the FREE quiz now and find out what
color you are. True Colors, a personality system, has been around since 1979 when
Don Lowry modeled it as a graphical presentation of both Keirsey’s Temperament and
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The True Colors descriptions are listed at the end of
this document.
Learn how to:
Discover your unique gifts and talents
Soar with your strengths
Discover your passion
Express your heart and soul in what you do
Increase self-esteem, creating a positive, clear self-image
Become successful in spite of your fears
Do the test at the website: http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp
After you have completed the test:
1. What is dominant color (your highest score).
Answer: Gold
NEXT: Open and read the PowerPoint Presentation that is attached to
this assignment.
2. After reading the PowerPoint Presentation: Choose a color that is different
from your dominant color and explain how you would handle the following
situations:
A. Plan a trip to Europe.
Answer: Green. When planning a trip I would always do research
first. I’d go online and search for hotels, car rental spots, and
entertainment around the area I’m visiting in Europe.
B. Diffuse an argument at work with an irate co-worker.
Answer: Orange. I would talk to the irate person and persuade that
he or she to calm down. Normally I’ll make some jokes to calm that
person down. Then I’ll listen to what they have to say, and after that
I’d try to resolve the problem.

7. C. Communicate with a supervisor, whose ethnicity is different from
yours, to solve a scheduling problem.
Answer: Blue. I’d talk to the supervisor and view his scheduling,
and then I’ll show him mine. Finally we’ll merge both our scheduling
to make it as best as possible helping solve the problem and
making us both happy.
The National Student Success Institute
Section Three: Emotional Intelligence Activity: Tapping into Emotions
Directions: The following are examples adapted from Joshua Freedman's At the Heart
of Leadership: How to Get Results with Emotional Intelligence. He argues that we often
experience emotions in a pattern. For example, similar situations will trigger a type of
response. It will help us, he argues, if we learn to recognize the pattern and to dig
deeper to explore the reasons why we feel the way we do. Then, we should look for the
wisdom in the situation and response; in other words, we should look for a lesson to learn to
improve ourselves.
Using the following "typical" college student examples, reflect on your emotional
reaction to these types of situations and what you think the wisdom, or lesson, is in
each.
1. EMOTION: DISCOMFORT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into a class for the first time and the professor
seems uninterested to teach or uninteresting in general. You suddenly get worried that
you will not enjoy this class—and you have to have it for your degree.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: I would keep asking the professor for
answers. If it’s my degree on the line I’m going to just keep asking questions to get
as much information as possible.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: My lesson to be learned is that being
uninterested in something that is important to you will only hurt you in your
future with jobs, school, and friendships.
2. EMOTION: ANXIETY/FEAR
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into class where the professor explains everything that
you are going to do this semester. He talks about a 15-page research paper, field studies,
and weekly journals. You don't even have access to a computer.

8. YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: I would definitely be worried. At the same
time I would figure out a way to do my paper at a friends’ house or a relatives. There are
also libraries and computers at school that you could use.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Anyone could overcome their fears by thinks of
solutions. There is always going to be a way to fix a problem.
3. EMOTION: EXCITEMENT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You find out that you won a scholarship that will pay for books,
tuition, and fees when you transfer to a four-year university next semester. You can't
wait to share the good news with your family because they were having a hard time
helping support you while you were in college.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION:
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED:
4. EMOTION: JOY
TYPICAL SITUATION: You have taken your last final exam and will be graduating next
week in front of your family, friends, and co-workers—and a few people who thought
you wouldn't make it. You have a job ready and waiting for you in your field of study.
While the pay may not be high, it offers great opportunities for advancement. Your two
children are proud to tell everyone that their mom has a college degree, and you know
that they will be more likely to attend college because you did.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: It is a great experience to know your
children are under a good influence. Showing that going to college and proving
that school is important is something you show always tell your children.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: I feel the lesson to be learned is that even though
you working for a company that is under your field. Going to college will give you even
more opportunities. With a better degree, finding jobs will be easier and your resume
will look much better.