Your top three intelligences:

Intelligence

Score
(5.0 is
highes
t)

Description

4.29
Social: You like to develop
ideas and learn from other
people. You like to talk. You
have good social skills.
Effective techniques of
enhancing your learning
using your social
intelligence include taking
part in group discussions or
discussing a topic one-toone with another person.
Find ways to build reading
and writing exercises into
your group activities, such
as:

Reading a dialogue
or a play with
other people

Doing team
learning/investigat
ing projects

Setting up
interview
questions and
interviewing your
family, and writing
down the
interview

Writing notes to
another instead of
talking.

3.57
Language: You enjoy enjoy
saying, hearing, and seeing
words. You like telling
stories. You are motivated
by books, records, dramas,
opportunities for writing.
Effective techniques of
enhancing your learning
using your language
intelligence include reading
aloud, especially plays and
poetry. Another idea is to
write down reflections on
what you've read. You may
also enjoy exploring and
developing your love of
words, i.e., meanings of
words, origin of words and
idioms, names. Use
different kinds of
dictionaries. Other ideas:

Keep a journal

Use a tape
recorder to tape
stories and write
them down

Read together, i.e.,

choral reading

Read a section,
then explain what
you've read

Read a piece with

different emotional
tones or
viewpoints one
angry, one happy,
etc.

Trade tall tales,

attend storytelling events and
workshops

Research your
name

3.57
Nature: You are sensitive
to nature and environment.
You probably know the
names of rocks, flowers,
birds, and trees. You love to

Here are
some ways to use
your nature
be outdoors.

intelligence in your
learning:

Work in the
garden.

Read about plants

and/or animals.

Study habits of
fish or birds.

Read nature
magazines.

Go hiking. Take
photographs of
what you find on
your hike. Write a
story describing
the photographs.

The scores for your other five intelligences:

3.43

2.71

1.57

1.57

Just because these five are not in your top three doesnt mean youre not
strong in them. If your average score for any intelligence is above three,
youre probably using that intelligence quite often to help you learn. Take a
look at the Practice section to see how to engage all your intelligences.

Language
People who are strong in the language intelligence enjoy saying, hearing, and seeing words.
They like telling stories. They are motivated by books, records, dramas, opportunities for
writing.
Here are ways to work with this intelligence in your lessons:

Look at different kinds of dictionaries.

Read plays and poetry out loud.

Write a story for a book or newsletter.

Keep a journal.

Read from books written by or for new readers.

Use a tape recorder to tape stories and write them down.

Read together, i.e., choral reading.

Read out loud to each other.

Read a section, then explain what you've read.

Read a piece with different emotional tones or viewpoints one angry, one happy, etc.

Trade tall tales, attend story-telling events and workshops.

Explore and develop the love of words, i.e., meanings of words, origin of words and idioms, names.
Research your name.

Spatial
People who are strong in the spatial intelligence remember
things visually, including exact sizes and shapes of objects.
They like posters, charts, and graphics. They like any kind of
visual clues. They enjoy drawing.
Here are ways to work with this intelligence in your lessons:

Write a language experience story and then illustrate it.

Study and create maps, diagrams and graphs.

Color code words so each syllable is a different color.

Write a word on the blackboard with a wet finger. Visualize the word
as it disappears. See if you can spell it afterwards.

Take a survey. Put the information in a chart.

Write words vertically.

Cut out words from a magazine and use them in a letter.

Use pictures to stimulate reading or writing.

Visualize spelling words.

Use the say-copy-look method of spelling.

Use colorful newspapers like USA Today.

Use crossword puzzles.

Logic/Math
People who are strong in the logic/math intelligence enjoy
exploring how things are related. They like to understand how
things work. They like mathematical concepts. They enjoy
puzzles and manipulative games. They are good at critical
thinking.
Here are ways to work with this intelligence in your lessons:

Arrange cartoons and other pictures in a logical sequence.

Sort, categorize, and characterize word lists.

While reading a story, stop before you've finished and predict what
will happen next.

Explore the origins of words.

Play games that require critical thinking. For example, pick the one
word that doesn't fit: chair, table, paper clip, sofa. Explain why it
doesn't fit.

Work with scrambled sentences. Talk about what happens when the
order is changed.

After finishing a story, mind map some of the main ideas and details.

Write the directions for completing a simple job like starting a car or

Multiple Intelligence Assignment

Directions for Multiple Intelligence Learning Event:
Step 1: Launch your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.)
Step 2: Enter the web site address (URL):
http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html
Step 3: Take the Assessment: Find Your Strength
Step 4: Review your results thoughtfully
Step 5: Take a look at the Practice section to see how to engage all your intelligences.
Step 6: Save as rtf document: Write a 400 word paper critical reflection synthesizing your
experience with the Multiple Intelligence Learning Event. Follow this format:
Describe: report How are your Smart? (Just the facts, explain your MI; summarize!)
Analyze: what did the test and your readings demonstrate or reveal to you?
Plan: how can you use this information in your everyday life right now?
Future Impact: what have you learned that you will apply in your future as a classroom educator?
Step 7: Submit document to Blackboard as an attachment and copy/paste in the Submission area in
Assignments.
NOTE: Review all links in the Learning Module and be prepared to participate in class discussion.