Assignment #1:
Write answers to the following questions on the Myers-Briggs
Personality Assessment and on teaching career choices.
1) What personality type are you? What are some of the key characteristics of your type? 2) In what ways do you feel that you fit that description? In what ways are you different from
the descriptions? 3) According to both the test and your self-assessment, what are some of your personal
strengths? 4) According to both the test and your self-assessment, what are some communicative,
organizational, or personal aspects of your personality that have created challenges for you? Gardner Reading Questions
Read: Multiple Intelligences. Retrieved online September 10, 2009 from
http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html .
1) Which of Gardner’s 7 multiple intelligences is closest to the way you learn? 2) What are your second and third “choices” for learning methods out of the 7 multiple
intelligences? 3) Which one of them is the form you are least comfortable with? Why? Harvey Silver – Educational Leadership Reading Questions
1) What is a mastery style learner?
a) How might a mastery-style learner demonstrate linguistic intelligence?
2) What is an understanding style learner?
b) How might an understanding-style learner demonstrate logical-mathematical
intelligence?
3) What is a self-expressive style learner?
c) How might a self-expressive style learner demonstrate kinesthetic intelligence?
4) What is an interpersonal style learner?
d) How might an interpersonal style learner demonstrate musical intelligence?
5) What learning style, or combination of learning styles, best describes the way you learn? 6) What have teachers done that is most helpful for you? 7) If we generally tend to teach to our own learning styles, what can you do to make sure that
you’re helping students with different learning styles than your own?
