Changing the Traditional Mind Set

What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative? Does the human learn more through the qualitative ways of thought opposed to quantitative or vice versa? These questions should be taken into consideration when observing young college students behavior’s because during the college years the learning process is enhanced to adequately create and facilitate ideas that will become beneficial for the student’s life.

Qualitative thought incorporates a large field of disciplines and subject matters that are then divided into similar categories and these categories are researched in-depth. Active learning is used with qualitative thought. Qualitative thought answers ‘Why’ and ‘How’; whereas quantitative thought has to do with the systematic scientific investigation of quantitative properties. A simple way of thinking about quantitative thought is that this type of thinking has a mathematical model, theory, or a hypothesis that creditably backs up the argument at hand. Quantitative answers ‘Who’, ‘What’, and ‘Why’. Quantitative thought seems to be bland and not always interesting. Qualitative seems to be interesting, more flexible and allows a student to be more interactive with peers. Both of these ways of thought are used by many people but current research and statistics show that the qualitative thought process is on the rise. Technology is creating a qualitative individual. Especially college students at larger universities where resources are abundant and more technology is available. Thinking in a qualitative way allows for the relationships to be more creative, lively, and fun. Students who think quantitatively may act cut and dry which makes no relationship fun at all. The way technology has changed culture and the we think has affected the way the relationships are kept lively and thriving. What would you rather have a qualitative thinker or quantitative thinker?


--The TEch MAN