Multiple Intelligences Test
Nadine Newman-Dempster
My learning style strengths are Musical - Music Smart, Interpersonal - People Smart, followed by Intrapersonal - Myself Smart.
Logical - Number Smart was my weakest learning style but I believe that I use a range of learning styles for different learning circumstances. I believe as a teacher you have to cater for all learning styles to ensure that students are engaged with the content and that learning outcomes are successful.
As a teacher I think that promoting a range of learning styles will help learners to discover how to work in different learning environments and gain confidence within them.
I know as a learner I like to learn in a particular style but as a teacher I need to engage and provide a range of learning styles for all learners.
My learning design framework would include for:
Music Smart – turn on a stereo and get students to engage with the beat and rhythm of the music. When, I was at school, in my science class, we learnt the periodic table of elements in song, which helped me to remember the order of the elements.
People Smart – organise group work and discussions.
Myself Smart – give learners activities like quizzes and worksheets to complete which can then later on be discussed in a group.
Number and Logical Smart – give the class a case study and allow learners to solve problems within the case study and follow certain procedures.
Body Smart – physically role play the case study.
Word Smart – read text and draw mind maps using key words surrounding the case study
Nature Smart – allow learners to leave the classroom setting and sit outside on the grass under a tree.
Picture Smart – make sure visual representation is accessible and learners can gain content from graphs and photos.
As you can see all learning styles can be integrated and many of these learning styles can be used at the same time for the most effective learning outcome.
