Multiple Intelligences
When our students identify their dominant Multiple Intelligences, they are in a position to tap into their personal best ways to learn. It also enables us to build more user friendly teams of students for group learning. Also, when we as teachers know our own, we are more aware of not falling into the trap of only teaching to that Multiple Intelligence, thus creating more inclusive lessons.
Asking our students to complete the self assessment below, will enhance learning and teaching.
You are unique; no one else in the world is exactly like you. You have your own special individual:
- talents, abilities and characteristics
- habits and interests
- strengths and areas to improve upon
Often your abilities may be judged in terms of your Intelligence Quotient, IQ.
- it is basically a test of Maths and English
- research has shown very clearly that your IQ only contributes between 4 to 10% to being successful
You also possess a set of specific intelligences called Multiple Intelligences:
- you have your own personal mix of them
- understanding your individual make-up will enhance your progress considerably
- there are 8 of these intelligences
Give yourself a rating using:
- Not me
- Sometimes me
- Yes me
Then add them up for each intelligence
| Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I express myself well verbally and in written form | |
| I enjoy explaining things | |
| I enjoy discussing issues | |
| I enjoy conversation | |
| I enjoy writing letters, essays and stories | |
| I have a good vocabulary | |
| I enjoy playing word games and doing crosswords and word puzzles | |
| I enjoy reading and poetry | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include commentators, journalists, writers, public speakers. |
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| Mathematical/Logical Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I have Maths ability and enjoy using numbers | |
| I have logical step by step thinking | |
| I enjoy looking for order and patterns | |
| I enjoy setting up flowcharts and sequences to follow | |
| I am organised and keep a daily "things to do" list | |
| I follow a timetable | |
| I need to understand the connection between each step | |
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I enjoy setting up systems |
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| Careers include accountants, engineers, mathematicians, analysts | |
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| Visual/Spatial Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I enjoy visualising events and situation | |
| I picture how plans will look | |
| I enjoy map reading and navigating | |
| I enjoy drawing and painting | |
| I enjoy locating places | |
| I like to arrange things on shelves and in cupboards | |
| I have a good understanding of colour combinations | |
| I enjoy jigsaws | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include architects, designers, artists, explorers | |
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| Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I feel the moods and rhythms of music | |
| I remember the words of songs and melodies | |
| I keep time to tunes and harmonies | |
| My mood changes with the type of music | |
| My body moves in unison with beat and rhythm | |
| I enjoy creating sounds | |
| I notice changes in pitch and key | |
| I interpret meaning from music | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include musicians, singers, conductors, songwriters, composers. | |
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| Physical/Kinesthetic Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I enjoy moving and not being still | |
| I understand by doing things, interacting | |
| I enjoy walking, running, climbing, swimming | |
| I enjoy hands on activities, building, constructing | |
| I participate in sport and exercise | |
| I have good co-ordination | |
| I think about things when moving | |
| I enjoy dancing | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include, athletes, dancers, medical professionals, building and construction. | |
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| Interpersonal Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I enjoy coaching and teaching others | |
| I enjoy training and communicating | |
| I am aware of others’ feelings | |
| I enjoy helping and managing people | |
| I enjoy others company | |
| I feel the moods of others | |
| I enjoy group activities rather than individual ones | |
| I am good at listening | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include, teachers, coaches, sales, counsellors, negotiators. |
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| Intrapersonal Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I think independently | |
| I understand my feelings and moods | |
| I enjoy privacy, my own company | |
| I like to think things out alone | |
| I have a small circle of friends | |
| I am not influenced by peer group pressure | |
| I enjoy setting personal goals and planning | |
| I prefer to work alone rather than in groups | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include writers, strategists, analysts. | |
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| Naturalistic Intelligence | RATING |
| Strength in this area lies in: | |
| I feel part of the environment | |
| I enjoy gardens and gardening | |
| I watch and listen to bird life | |
| I am interested in all environmental issues | |
| I enjoy nature documentaries | |
| I enjoy being outside and experiencing nature | |
| I enjoy nature's noises, fragrances, breezes | |
| I enjoy fishing, camping, bushwalking | |
| SCORE | |
| Careers include park rangers, botanists, and gardeners. |
"I am I said". Anon
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: MY SCORE AND RANKING
Now add up your score for each intelligence and rank them from 1 to 8. If you have two scores the same, rank the one that you feel suits you better higher.
| Intelligence | Score | Ranking | Description of Preferred Intelligence |
| Verbal/Linguistic |
People who are skilled using words, either verbal or written, |
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| Mathematical/Logical | People who are logical thinkers and able to see patterns in their world. |
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| Visual/Spatial | People who are skilled in picturing things and seeing images of what things look like in their world. |
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| Musical/Rhythmic | People who feel the moods of music, can move with the rhythm and relax in their world through music. |
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| Physical/Kinaesthetic | People who are in tune with their body and like moving and doing things in their world. | ||
| Interpersonal | People who enjoy their world through being with people and doing things with people. | ||
| Intrapersonal | People who keep to themselves and like to think things out about their world. | ||
| Naturalistic | People who are in tune with nature and the climate and enjoy their outside world. |
| My strongest intelligence is: |
| This means that in my learning I will: |
| An intelligence that I would like to strengthen is: |
| Why? |
"Wisdom is not knowing what to do now, but what to do next." Anon