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Take the UNIAID MASH Test and
discover the real you

Welcome to the UNIAID Mash Test. This is an imaginative card game,
with related workshop activities, designed by UNIAID and the Learning
Partnership with Aimhigher funding, for years 11-13 and Higher
Education students.

It is guaranteed to break the ice with any group and get everyone
talking. Players will gain great insight into themselves, their personal
preferences and their attitude to money.

The MASH Test is just one part of UNIAID Interactive, a suite of 30
workshops organised over 9 topics.

Students will be able to identify other personality types. This could help
them make better decisions, develop understanding and empathy and
improve their financial ability to cope with finance at University or college.

We hope that you have as much fun using the MASH Test with
students as we’ve had writing and designing it.

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Tools and techniques for student finance

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Learning objectives

Learners will understand that there are different ways of handling their
finances, study time, social life and health, and learn how to make
intelligent choices when dealing with these areas of life in the future.
It is designed to help increase awareness of personal qualities, skills,
achievement and potential, so that learners can set informed personal
goals. The UNIAID MASH test aims to help increase a sense of identity so
that learners can present themselves confidently in a range of situations
and helps them manage feedback, interaction, praise and criticism so
that they might learn from the experience.

To help you use the cards you’ll find a short
introductory video, in addition to these notes,
You’ll find this on on this disc and on the website–
www.uniaidinteractive.org.uk
This will show you how to set up and facilitate a
successful session.

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What will you need?
MASH card set(s)
One set of MASH Cards works for between 10-13 players.
The maximum number of players in this game depends on how many
sets of cards you have.

1 set – up to 13 players

2 sets – 14 - 26 players

Worksheet 01 – Personality Types (one per person)

Worksheet 02 – Discovering More About You (one per person)

Worksheet 03 – Good Hair, Bad Hair (one per person)

Worksheet 04 – Knowing Me, Knowing You (one per person)

Sound system and music (optional)

Setting-up
Open your pack of 160 cards.

Lay the cards out in four separate piles:
blue, red, yellow and green.

Make up a set of cards for each player by taking 3 cards of each
colour (3 blue, 3 red, 3 yellow & 3 blue). Each person should receive a
set of 12 cards.

Shuffle each set of 12 cards.

Ensure you have enough handouts (copies may be printed from the
disc or website).

Clear the room of furniture and arrange the seats around the outside.
Organise a flipchart in each of the four corners.

You are now ready to play the MASH Test

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Playing the game

Set the scene

Introduce the MASH Test. Explain that this is a card game designed
to help learners understand more about themselves and their
attitudes to four different areas of their life: money, academic, social
and health (hence ‘MASH’). There are no right or wrong answers.

Hand out a set of cards to each player. Explain that each card has a
statement on it. You might invite a volunteer to read out statements
on a few of their cards.

Explain that these statements, which were compiled by students,
may or may not describe their personality.

Over the next five minutes, each player should read through each
of their cards quietly and decide which statements describes their
own personality.

Players should then separate their cards into two piles:

One with cards which describe their personality.

The other with cards which they feel do not describe
their personality.

Tell them not to worry about the card colour yet (that comes later).

Players should leave the cards in the pile which describes their
personality on their chairs. The others will be ‘traded’ with others
in the room.

Players now begin to exchange their “rejected” cards with
other players who feel that card does describe their personality.
Encourage players to move around the room to do this. Allow 10
minutes for the exchanging.

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Golden rules to tell the group
Players can give someone else a card but do not have to accept
one in return.

There are no right or wrong answers to this task.

It does not matter how many cards a player has by the end of the game.

Their target is to get rid of the cards that do not describe them. If they
are left with some after this part, it doesn’t matter.

Most importantly - have fun!

By the end of this part of the MASH Test players
will have a set of cards that they feel describes
their personality.

Any remaining cards which they were unable to
exchange should be put aside.

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Feedback to the group
It is now time to move onto the results. Everyone should sit back down.

Each player should now sort their cards out into colours and
work out what colour they have the most of (see image).

Hand out a copy of Worksheet 01 “Personality Types” to each player.

Introduce the 4 personality types:

Cool Blue (responsible)

Racy Red (ambitious)

Golden Yellow (thrill seeker)

Loyal Green (considerate & caring)

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Personality types

The worksheet explains what personality type they are, based on the
colours in their hand.

This is a general association and not intended to be completely accurate.

Everyone is a mix but they are likely to have a ‘dominant’ colour or one
that fits best.

If players have equal amounts of colours, it is up to them to decide which
personality type best matches them.

Ask for a volunteer from each colour type to read out the description to
the group from Worksheet 1.

For example if your volunteer is a ‘cool blue’ ask them to read the ‘cool
blue’ descriptor. If no one volunteers then read this out loud yourself.

Ask each volunteer if they agree with this descriptor. Do they think it
is a fair reflection?

Repeat with a player of each colour so that all four colours have been
introduced to the group.

Allow 5 minutes for class discussion.

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Discovering more about you
Each player should now look at all their cards in more detail.

Point out the capital-letter-icons spelling out the word ‘MASH’ at the foot
of each card.

Tell the players that MASH stands for

Money
Academic
Social
Health

Indicate that on each card one letter is
highlighted in black.

The content on this card corresponds
with this letter.

Hand out a copy of Worksheet 02 “Discovering More About You” to
each player.

This gives a more detailed breakdown of each of the MASH variables in
their colours.

For example if a player has many Red ‘M’ cards, they can find out more
about their personality by reading the ‘Racy Red’ statement in the Money
category on the worksheet.

Players can tick next to which of the categories fits them best. For
example, players may find they are Green for ‘A’, ‘S’ & ‘H’ but Red for ‘M’.

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Section conclusion
At the end of the game, players will have more of an idea how particular
personality traits can affect personal finance decisions. By using the
resources in UNIAID Interactive, learners will learn how to deal with
financial challenges in a variety of circumstances.

If you are using the MASH Test alongside other parts of the UNIAID
Interactive curriculum (see www.uniaidinteractive.co.uk) then it might help
if students record their ‘colour’ and preferences as a reference point for
other activities.

This part of the MASH Test may be followed by:

Activity 1B – ‘Good Hair, Bad Hair’ (Teacher’s Notes 02)
15 minutes

Activity 1C – ‘Mix and Match’ (Teacher’s Notes 03)
10 minutes

(Worksheets and teacher’s notes on the DISC and website:
www.UNIAIDinteractive.org.uk)

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Good hair, bad hair

Activity summary

A fun and thought-provoking activity in which groups sharing the
same profile explore their behaviour in more detail.

Learning objectives
To discover the characteristics of the personality profiles discovered
in the MASH test.

To understand how personality traits can affect financial behaviour.

Instructions

NOTE: activity only works if preceded by activity 1A, MASH Test
Card Game

Divide the class into 4 groups based on their
MASH-card-personality type:

Group 1 – Cool Blue
Group 2 – Racy Red
Group 3 – Golden Yellow
Group 4 – Loyal Green

This is the recommended layout of the room.

The arrows symbolise natural connections between the
personalities, the dashed arrow symbolising a very loose connection.
Knowing this, you can detect the similarities and differences
between the groups and aid any discussions. For example, Racy
Reds and Cool Blues are both good at looking after their money etc.

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Supply each group with a sheet of flipchart paper and markers.

Allocate roles
One group member should be the scribe.
One group member should be the spokesperson.

Each group should be given Worksheet 03 “Good Hair, Bad Hair”.

Read the worksheet headings to the groups.

Each group should discuss each heading on the worksheet (clues are
given on the worksheet) and choose an example for each that represents
their type.

You should encourage discussion between group members, perhaps
prompting them to discuss a particular issue.
You should give around 10 minutes for this discussion.

Once the groups are finished, ask each group in turn to present their
choices (and reason for making them) to the rest of the class.

You should try to point out any differences, similarities, tensions and
compatibilities between groups.

Things to ask the students

Did groups find this exercise easy?

Did everyone agree on certain points?

Were there any surprises to people in the groups?

It could help to share insight about your own personality type – if you’ve
done the MASH Test.

Allow at least 5 minutes for further discussion and reflections

Learning outcomes
Students will be able to relate their personality type to their approach to
their finances and financial situations.

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Mix and match
In this session, learners will evaluate the personality traits of characters
from All About U, (an online game from UNIAID which may be accessed
for free at www.allaboutu.org.uk).

Note: This activity should be preceded by the MASH Test and Mix and
Match (activities 1A & 1B)

Learning objectives

To recognise the characteristics of different personalities.

To identify diversity between personality types.

Instructions
Divide the class into the 4 personality groups as determined in the two
previous activities.

Please note that this activity does not work unless preceded by the
MASH test.

If you have not already, give out copies of Worksheets 01 and 02 to
each person.

Hand out a copy of the All About U profiles to each group, which are
available from www.allaboutu.org.uk.

Also give each person a copy of Worksheet 04 “Knowing Me, Knowing U”.

Ask each group to read through the character profiles and workout the
personality type of each profile:

Cool Blue
Racy Red
Golden Yellow
Loyal Green

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Groups should pick out distinct characteristics from each of the All About
U characters.

Groups should decide on what colour best suits the character.
Again, some of the profiles are a mix of two colours.

The aim is to enable learners to understand the characteristics of others.
Allow 10 minutes for this process.

Stop the activity and give out the answers.

Model answers

Notice that some characters have a mix of two colours.
The ‘dominant personality colour’ is in CAPITALS.
The ‘supporting personality colour’ in small case.

Name Colour Possible reasons

Joe GREEN / Yellow People person, likes giving and helping others / Likes going
out and watching live bands

Sanchia RED /Yellow Own business, organised speed dating, likes making
money / Going out style

Kami GREEN / Blue Family, lasting friendships, values / Specifies food type and
drinking etc

Sarah BLUE /Green Afraid to miss anything, perfectionist, works above her
normal workload / Values friendship

Darren YELLOW ‘about £2000’ in debt (doesn’t really know), biggest in
debt, party animal

How did everyone do? Enforce the messages that:

ALL preferences are natural

ALL are naturally different

There are NO right or wrong answers

Learning outcomes

Students will be able to identify other personality types. This could help
them make better decisions, develop understanding and empathy with
fellow students and improve their financial ability to cope with finance at
University or college.

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Team
Learning Model
Lex McKee, and Aulden Dunipace, The Learning Partnership
Damien Forrest, Archipelago
Adapted for UNIAID by Alistair Lomax

Project Director, Aimhigher Central London Partnership Lead
Dr. Graeme Atherton – Manager, Aimhigher Central London Partnership

Aimhigher Greater Merseyside Partnership Lead
Tricia Jenkins, MBE – Head of Widening Participation,
University of Liverpool

Creative Director and Team Leader
Alistair Lomax – Chief Executive, UNIAID

Project Pilot Manager
Jim Riches – UNIAID Interactive Pilot Manager

UNIAID Interactive Manager
Allie Cairnie – UNIAID Interactive Manager

Writers
Alistair Lomax, Jemma Samuels, Ariane Sherine

Online Manager
Jemma Samuels – UNIAID Online Manager

Project Advisers
Pamela Bell-Ashe – UNIAID trustee, Director of Student Services, UCE,
Birmingham
Peter Copcott – Curriculum & Evaluation Consultant
Emy Enuora - Director, Aimhigher Greater Merseyside

Design Partner
Rubbaglove – www.rubbaglove.co.uk
Training film directed and produced by Ian Pritchard

www.uniaidinteractive.org.uk

© UNIAID Foundation 2007, Registered Charity No 1089005. www.uniaid.org.uk
Waterbridge House, 32 – 36 Loman Street, Southwark, London, SE1 0EE

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