[MOSAIC] WSU-Multi-intelligence test

[Bonita DeAmicis]

> During many of my university courses, I have been lectured to use the 
> multi-intelligence test to see how your students comprehend. Is it something 
> teachers really use in the beginning of the school year and do you really 
> apply the different intelligences in each lesson? Also for the few students 
> that comprehend differently from the majority of the class, do you 
> individually modify for the student and does it affect the other students?

Which multiple intelligence test would that be?  I have used MI inventories with my students to help them see that they have difference leanings in terms of the ways that they are smart, but I have not seen any test that predicts intelligence in the multiple areas.  I am not sure I would trust such a test if I did see it. Musical, spatial, interpersonal and intra personal "tests" would be difficult to make valid in a written format. Inventories are surveys that help students to see their particular strengths, but have a built in biased as all is self-reported. 
 
I do not find that intelligence leanings are particularly helpful in reading comprehension, except to note that stylistically some people prefer kinesthetic verbs, while others like auditory or visual verb-choices. I have not found, for instance, that musical people read better with music playing or that spatial people need pictures in books. I believe Gardner would say that intelligences fall into domains where people may find they have special talents.  Thus he has worked toward project-based learning rather than applying, say, musical intelligence as a key way to learn math.

I would be curious to hear more about what you are learning about MI use in the classroom.

:)Bonita