| Linguistic |
- Likes
to write, read and listen
- spin tall
tales or tell jokes and stories
- Have a
good memory for names, places, dates, or trivia
- Enjoy
reading books and writing stories
- Spell
words accurately and easily
- Have well
developed vocabulary and use language fluently
- Like doing
crossword puzzles or playing word games
|
| Logical
Mathematical |
- Explore patterns, categories and relationships
- Compute arithmetic problems quickly
- Enjoy mathematics and using computers
- Able to group and order data and then analyze, interpret and make
predictions
- reason things out logically to solve problems
- Play chess, checkers or strategy games and win
- Devise experiments to test things not easily understood
- Enjoy logic puzzles
|
| Intrapersonal |
- Have a deep awareness of inner feelings, strengths, and weaknesses
- Display a sense of independence or strong self-will and is self directed
- React with strong opinions when controversial topics are being discussed
- Prefer own private inner world
- Like to be alone to pursue some personal interest, hobby or project
- Have a deep sense of self confidence
- March to the beat of a different drummer in style of dress, behavior
or general attitude
- Self-motivated to do well on independent study projects
- Intuitive ability
|
| Spatial |
- Think in images and pictures
- Like to draw, paint, sculpt, and participate in art activities
- Report clear visual images when thinking about something
- Easily read maps, charts and diagrams
- Draw accurate representations of people and things
- Like to see movies, slides, photographs
- Enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles or mazes
|
| Musical
Rhythmic |
- Sensitive to a variety of sounds in the environment
- Play a musical instrument or enjoy music
- Remember melodies of songs
- Tell when a musical note is off key
- Prefer to have music on when studying or working
- Collect recordings
- Enjoy singing
- Keep time to the music
|
| Interpersonal |
- Enjoy being around people
- Have many friends
- Socialize a lot at school, work, home
- Organize, communicate and sometimes manipulate
- Learn best by relating and cooperating
- Enjoy group activities
- Serve as mediator when disputes arise
- Have empathy for the feelings of others
- Can read social situations accurately
|
| Body
Kinesthetic |
- Learns best by moving around, touching, or acting things out
- Process knowledge through bodily sensations
- Move, twitch, tap or fidget while sitting
- Engage in physical activities or sports
- Perform fine and gross motor skills effectively
- Like to touch or be touched when talking to people
- Skilled at handicrafts - woodworking, sewing, sculpting etc.
- Enjoy using manipulatives and other hands-on learning
|
| Naturalist |
- Sensitive to features of the natural world-rocks, clouds, plants and
animals
- Discriminates between features or characteristics of things in the
environment
- Interested in how living things function or behave
- Uses the ability productively-hunting, fishing, growing
|