MI Inventory

After completing the MI Inventory, the only thing I know for sure is that I have changed quite a bit since my senior year of high school. My highest category was Interpersonal, which I found to be odd. Most people who meet me think that I'm quiet (at least, that's what they think at first). I used to think that people who said that we're crazy, and then as I got to be older I thought they were right. Now, after a year and a half of college, I guess the best thing to say would be that I'm a good mix of intrapersonal and interpersonal. I am perfectly fine with being by myself, but I enjoy being with others. My other highest category was Linguistics. This wasn't a surprise, I've always had fun in English. I enjoy writing (though I don't do it often) and reading and puns. On the other hand, math was my lowest category. I've always had no fun in math. I hate graphs and numbers and quadratic formulas. Music tied with Linguistics, which was interesting, considering that I have no musical ability - I can't sing, I don't play an instrument, and I have trouble clapping on beat. Body/Kinesthetic scored high as well. I learn better by doing; seeing a diagram doesn't help me much. Visual/Spatial was the second lowest, and Naturalistic was right in the middle of everything.

As a teacher, my learning styles will most likely be reflected in the way I teach. I want to teach fourth or fifth grade, and there are some great "thinking" books out there for that age. I would love to be able to instill a love for reading in my students, because that is the age where I became most interested in reading as well (I am a huge Harry Potter geek, thanks to my 4th grade teacher). When I am teaching a concept or trying to describe an activity, I'll do my best to not rely on words and instructions to get the point across; I'll try to demonstrate the activity for the children as well. It's important to me to reach the kids where they are and not where they should be. As a learner, I'll have to try and make my weak areas as strong as I can and do my best whether I like the subject or not.

If you are still curious about the eight learning styles, you can find out more specifics here.

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Comment by Dave Eveland on February 9, 2010 at 1:22pm: The MI test is located here. It's just one simple example of an MI test that's short and communicates the concept of differing intelligences at various levels across a classroom population.

I actually think of you as quiet - but I think that's only the case until someone gets to know you. I'm really excited that you learn by doing, since many people like to learn that way. Often students in college get weary of lecture and yet end up teaching that way when they come into their own classrooms. Building out your lessons around a demonstration or having even small groups of students do something - requires more work and planning, but I think it yields better results, even if it's just used as a re-inforcement exercise for a previous lecture.