Prior to taking the survey, I thought I was a logical learner. Closely followed by a visual, kinesthetic and verbal learner. Math has always been my favorite subject as I can clearly see one solution to a problem. I am also one who learns from watching, doing a hands-on activity or reading, if I must.
After these four techniques of learning, I speculated that interpersonal and intrapersonal would be my next best choice of learning. After a large gap, existential, naturalist and musical knowledge would feed into the way I learn. I was not far off...
Naturalist - 20%
Musical - 30%
Logical - 80 %
Existential - 20%
Interpersonal - 70%
Kinesthetic - 50%
Verbal - 50%
Intrapersonal - 50%
Visual - 70%
As you can see from the percentages and the graph, my highest intelligence is logical. I also placed high in visual intelligence. No suprises there. However, I have discovered that I learn well by interacting with others (interpersonal).
My weaknesses were right on target as well. I ranked lowest in naturalist and existential, which slightly suprised me because originally, I thought musical would be my weakest area of learning. Another piece of information that served as a shock to me was my kinesthetic strength. Even though it was in the 50% range, I thought my athletic learning style would have placed considerablly higher than it did. Sports have always played a significant role in my life, which is why I was struck by interpersonal strengths out-weighing my kinesthetic strengths by 20%.
From conducting this survey, I have further proved that labs are the way I can best learn in chemistry. While conducting labs, you create a purpose that helps guide you to a solution, a logical approach. In addition, labs allow one to learn visually, for example, by seeing a chemical reaction. Labs also provide an interactive, hands-on activity, which is where my kinesthetic strengths will come in. Finally, labs allow you to interact with one-another, which is where my new found strength, interpersonal, will come into play. Labs will allow me to use all of my four strengths; logical, visual, kinesthetic and interpersonal. Labs are definitely the way for me to meet my fullest potential.
I am a practical person, who should always eat carrots, step back behind the arc and mingle with other people.
Chemists in a Big World