Like the Felder and Solomon test, I was also not familiar with Gardner's Multiple Intelligences terminology. Here's the link directly to the Multiple Intelligences site for further explanation of the categories.
I wasn't overly surprised by these results, however, I didn't realise I was so Logical. I thought I would be strongest in the Visual/Spatial area because I find I learn best through using pictures. Maybe I should be a maths teacher instead?? I'm a bit embarrassed by my very very very low musical and naturalistic scores, and the fact that I seem to know myself better than wanting to be with other people.
So now thinking how the multiple intelligences can link with e-learning .... I can see that nature smart, picture smart and music smart all lend themselves perfectly to ICT. Getting students to take the Multiple Intelligence test could be a good way for them to become Myself smart ... to learn about their strengths and weaknesses (if they don't know already). Word smart and number smart can be super fun these days through the use of the many educational apps available. People smart people (!) would love the social component of school and group work and probably immerse themselves in social networks (hopefully learning related!). Body smart students would thrive in the physical activity components of school ... and not just at HPE, I think they would love practical activities, like science excursions, and hands on pracs (like the cooking and sewing lessons in Home Ec). I'm not sure if there are any educational Xbox Kinect or Wii games out there, but I am sure the body smart students would love these (any opportunity to jump around).
However, like I mentioned in a previous blog post about Felder and Solomon's learning style test, it is important, as a teacher, to use a mix of activities that will cater for all learning preferences in the class whenever possible.
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