Multiple Intelligences Test

Well i've finally gotten round to doing the Birmingham Grid for Learning Multiple Intelligences test. and i must say that i agree with my results. As a lot of others have said the test results rely heavily on the day you do the test but i have to disagree, unless your bipolar your outlook on life and how you do things shouldn't change dramatically day after day :P Don't worry, i'm only joking.... But i feel that my results would be pretty much the same no matter what day i took the test.

Strengths

My results showed that i am heavily body and people smart which i definitely agree with. I've played sport all my life and work as a Personal Trainer and so i know my own body pretty well. I also watch a lot of the mentalist and tend to not look at what poeple are doing but why they are doing it and i pay attention to the small details. This i feel will help me when I'm working as a teacher to find students motives for learning and also why/if they are disrupting the class. The test also found that i am Musical, Visual and Nature smart. I play the drums and guitar and my father was a renowned song writer for Slim Dusty so this is particularly true for me. The nature smart part came as a bit of a surprise but considering i majored in biology and about 90% of the material was on plants, its not really a surprise. I am a visual learner and so it was no surprise that i am visually smart.

Weaknesses

My weaknesses were Intrapersonal, Linguistic and Logical smarts. I would have to say that i disagree with not being intrapersonal smart even though my score was still above 15. Depending on the definition of intrapersonal smart that is, i feel that i am self motivated and know what and have good control over my own mind. I agree with not being logical/Math smart as math was never a strong point for me, especially Long division, i never understood it all through primary school! My linguistic smarts was low compared to Visual, body, music and nature but not low enough to be considered a real weakness. I've always prided myself on my spelling ability (hope there's no mistakes in this :/) and so i do agree with my result in that intelligence.

I think this intelligence test is the best one I've done in terms of visual demonstration and accuracy. i will definitely be using it at some point on my students during my teaching career, to help them reailse their own strengths and weaknesses, and in turn aid there learning ability.

Michael Rose