IQ and Multiple Intelligences

Taking my IQ test was very interesting, I really thought that the questions were of all difficulty levels. I was expecting it to be some beyond hard test that would be impossible to get any questions right. However, I got some right, and I was really surprised by my score, even though I was about average and what surprised me even more was that I scored highest on the math portion. I don't consider myself as being strong in math. I was expecting to be a lot less then I did, I guess because of my surroundings. I had a lot of commotion going on around me and it was hard for me to focus. I should have taken the test in a solitary place because I have a hard time focusing with others around. I really thought that taking the test was a confidence booster. I am going to take the test again in better surroundings and see if I could even do better than before. My husband took the test and of course scored about 30 points higher than me however, when he took the test, the neighbors didn't knock on the door and want to visit, the dog didn't come and want him to come play, he didn't get a call from his mom, he had total bliss while taking the test and that is unequal I say. I really liked this test, I thought that the questions were moderate to difficult, they had some easy ones to butter you up and then started on harder questions. I really think that I should do this type of test every day because I feel like it got the juices flowing. If they had one for lower grades I would only do it for interest only because I think that intelligence is present at any age, however, it is not something I think should be branded on a child. For a teacher it is good to know, but you could not change the students learning immensely by a simple test. I do not think it is fair to IQ test a child and tell them their score, it could immediately drop self esteem in learning and the attitudes towards learning in general. Or you could have an opposite effect, the child could become over confident and not think that they need to learn anything.



In our curriculum test we did a multiple intelligence test before we did this one, so I knew pretty well what my strengths were. My very highest is Music, second was language and third highest was social. It was interesting when I heard of others taking the test that they scored different, mine remained the same. It was still a lesson for me because I really need to incorporate my strengths towards how I study. I really think that this would benefit a classroom setting because you naturally want to teach to the masses, however, everyone has their own strengths. I would use this as an advantage in my classroom because I would want students to do projects and learn how to do take their strengths to the highest benefit for them. I liked this test better because I was able to see a pie graph of my results and I like when information is displayed that way unlike a list, you can see all the results at the same time. I really like how you can use all of intelligences to aid in your class. One day you could teach on a more visual level, musical one day, and then learn to incorporate them together. Still keeping in mind that everyone is different, so teaching needs to be different. I think that this will also help in improving yourself. I think also with improving you can also use your intelligences to your advantage as teaching. For example, I play the guitar and I am going to incorporate music to learn math. I like using songs to learn the multiplication tables. All in all I liked this test over the intelligence test because I thought it would be more of an aid, verses a label of a score.