Multiple Intelligence Inventory Results

After taking the MII, I learned a few things about my learning style that I didn't know and did not expect to be reflected in the results. My complete results can be seen below. I thought that the MII would reveal that I am more of an Intrapersonal learner rather than an Interpersonal learner, come to find out, I have the same percentage score on both. I also thought that my Mathematics percentage would greatly out way that of the Linguistics, but in comparison they were much closer, with 32 in Linguistics and 38 in Mathematics. I was not, however surprised by the results or the Music and Naturalistic categories. I am completely tone deaf (self diagnosed of course, but still very much true) but love to be outside and have always been fascinated by weather.
I wasn’t surprised that my three highest (listed in order from highest to lowest) scores were Naturalistic, Body/Kinesthetic, and Mathematics. I had pretty much already labeled myself a Naturalistic and Mathematical learner. The Body/Kinesthetic caught me a little off guard, but explains why I feel the need to fidget and move while I am sitting in a desk. I will have to disagree that all Body/Kinesthetic learners are good at physical activities. I absolutely love sports, but to say that I am good at them or posses a great amount of skill would be stretching the truth just a bit. I was surprised that my Spatial category was so the second lowest scoring area. I love to build and create things, but after reading the characteristics of that type of learning, it was easier to see that I was not a largely Spatial learner. I do not do very well with only verbal directions, I need to be shown how to do things or have a chance to do them myself before I actually grasp the concept.
I think that the MII will help me feel more confident as a learner. There are many things that I feel like I need to do before I can actually “own” a concept, and in comparison with my classmates, I usually feel left behind or as if I am acting irrational, because I have to do something before I actually understand what is going on. I will be less likely to get frustrated so quickly when I do not understand a concept and take into consideration that it is because I do not learn in the same way that it is being taught. I will probably be more likely to ask the teacher to try to explain it to me in a different way, now not thinking that I will never grasp the concept, I will just realized that it doesn’t click in my brain the same way it will with other learners.
As a teacher the MII will be beneficial because I will be able to help students learn in their many different ways. If a child is struggling with grasping a concept, I will be able to explain the concept in a way that the student may better understand. Some students will become frustrated and I will likely relate with them from my own school experiences how it feels to be the only student not understanding a topic. Because of the way I learn I will probably be a teacher that will show the students how things work, rather than just telling them. There still may be students that will not grasp the concepts being taught, so I will go about the concept in a different way with them.
It is a very discouraging thing to feel like you are the only student not understanding a concept; hopefully I will be able to eliminate that feeling in my classroom with the aid of the MII and being able to adjust my teaching style to the learning styles of my students.