Social/Interpersonal Learning Style

Characteristics

Interpersonal learners love to interact and prefer learning through interpersonal communication and interaction. Interpersonal learners are true people persons. They enjoy heading up committees, participating in group learning projects, and communicating with other students and adults. They enjoy school activities such as speech, drama, and debate teams.

The strengths of people with a high degree of interpersonal intelligence are in communicating with and understanding other people. They may be good at leading and organizing other people and groups, understanding other people and resolving conflicts.

The person with a strong interpersonal learning style has an inherent need for group activities, clubs, and social gatherings. They may thrive in a mentor/apprentice relationship.

How Interpersonal Learning Styled People Learn Best

People with interpersonal learning styles learn best when they are permitted to use their people senses as part of the learning process.They often prefer direct involvement with others in group projects in school or within the larger community. They are stimulated by dialogue with students and adults and seem to have a strong sense of intuition regarding others' opinions and preferences. Interpersonal learners are good at reading people and are good at getting to the root cause of communication problems.

They can be good at giving and receiving feedback and may seek it out from instructors. They like to be coached and may like to be a peer coach to others. One-on-one tutoring may also be of value, since they may learn better through interaction. Mentoring and apprenticeship programs may also be of value for the interpersonal learner. They may want to join or form a study group outside of the classroom.