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About Learning Styles: Example #2
Course Title: Multiple Intelligence Development Assessment Scales (MIDAS)
Available online at: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/themidas/index.html
Author: C. Branton Shearer, Ph.d
The Multiple Intelligence Development Assessment Scales (MIDAS) were designed based on Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence to measure the multiple intelligence:
- it provides information regarding intellectual development, activities and areas not available from standardized tests
- it provides information directly from the person’s experience that can be used to inform educators to personalize learning
There are five versions of MIDAS for different age group:
- MIDAS for Adults/College Students (20 years of age or over)
- MIDAS for Teens (aged 15 – 19)
- MIDAS for kids: All About Me (aged 11 –14 or grades 4-8)
- MIDAS for kids: My Child (aged 8-10 or grades 3 and 4)
- MIDAS for kids: My Young Child (aged 4-7, K to grade 2)
The MIDAS Profile gives an overall estimate of a person’s intellectual disposition in each of the eight categories identified by Gardner. The MIDAS has the peculiarity of not only utilizing multiple intelligence scales because it’s method of evaluation and philosophy is particularized education. Realistic data is obtained from the person's perspective in order to make enlightened decisions. MIDAS results are given back to the person in a useful way to help him plan his educational career, centering the attention on areas of strength and possibilities.
The Eight Areas of Multiple Intelligences are:
Linguistic
Musical
Spatial
Logical-Mathematical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist
