Multiple intelligences and learning styles

Assessment type	Formative
Assessment method/tool	Interview - unstructured (discussion using probe questions)
Operationalisation (what is being assessed and why, how to conduct it)	This assessment method is made for exercise 9 - Learning Style Memory Exercise (15 items) The learning outcome that is covered by this assessment tool: Illustrate the main characteristics of (each type of MI and) each type of learning style in order to better understand their practical application in the STEM learning environment This is a very hands-on activity that involves learners in learning and helps them to think about their learning style (in this case, participants of the ToT curriculum from the perspective of learners). It is a great way to introduce the idea of learning styles to learners. Before the actual exercise, the teacher/trainer should briefly introduce the concepts of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic/tactile learning. Bring 15 items to class. Choose items that can be seen, heard and touched. Place them in a box. Bring each item out of the box and pass it around in the class. Learners will have the opportunity to look at each item, feel it and hear it. Ask them to pass the items quickly. Tell learners that they will be asked to remember each of the items at the end of the exercise. When all of the items have been passed around and returned to the box, have students see if they can recall all of the items and write them down on a sheet of paper. To check the written lists, the items need to be brought out of the bag/box again and set on a table or desk. The discussion/checking of the results proceeds by asking following questions: What did you forget and why? How did you remember the items? What strategies did you use? Did it help you to remember the items because you could touch them? See them? Hear them? How many of you think you are kinaesthetic/tactile learners? Auditory learners? Visual learners? Was it more difficult to remember the unfamiliar items?
Remarks	Unstructured interviews are used when the interviewer wants to let the interviewee have complete control over the content of the interview. The interviewer usually prepares one or two questions to start off the interview. Only probe questions would then be used for the rest of the interview for further elaboration of a topic. Interesting discussion about learning styles is generated by the above method. Many participants realize that they are kinaesthetic/tactile learners and can apply learning techniques related to this style, such as taking notes.

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