Process
Process 1
For the first phase of the MI WebQuest, you will be asked to do some online research in triads, or groups of three. Please carefully choose 2 other students you will work with, and divide the research among yourselves equally. My suggestion is that you divide the research according to the three areas you will be looking at: personality, aptitude, and intelligence. Later on you will combine your research.
The first thing you must do is to define your terms. What do we mean when we use the words personality, aptitude, and intelligence? To do that, go to:
and type the term in the search box. You may get several or more definitions, so choose one or two that are most applicable to this project. Remember, we are dealing with psychology and testing, so use those areas of research to decide.
Next, you'll have to do some searching in your particular area. I recommend
simply because it's the most comprehensive and fastest search engine available. If you are not skilled in doing an Internet search, Google has instructions at:
Or ask one of your classmates. Or me.
The Internet has many excellent sources for doing research. One I recommend highly is:
Wikipedia is the Web's largest and most comprehensive online encyclopedia, encompassing over a million entries. If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist.
You will be answering several questions about your topic:
1. What is the definition of the term personality/aptitude/intelligence?
2. What is the history of the area? When did people start becoming interested in studying this domain of knowledge?
3. Who are some pioneers in this field? Give us some names and a little info about them.
4. Who are some people currently working in the field? Give us some names and a little info about them.
5. What are some practical applications that derive from the study of the area of knowledge? How is knowledge of personality/aptitude/intelligence used in education, business, the arts, etc.?
Some keywords you may want to use in your search:
PERSONALITY:
personality
personality testing
personality psychology
personality theories
psychoanalysis
cognitive psychology
behaviorism
trait theories
extraversion
introversion
neuroticism
agreableness
openness
conscientiousness
Gordon Allport
Raymond Cattell
Hans Eysenck
Lewis Goldberg
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Isabel Briggs Meyers
Katherine C. Briggs
John L.Holland
David Keirsey
B. F. Skinner
John Watson
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Big Four Model
APTITUDE:
aptitude
aptitude testing
aptitude battery
Ball Aptitude Battery
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
graphoria
inductive learning ability
finger dexterity aptitude
number series aptitude
ideaphoria
remote association
creativity
language learning aptitude
mechanical comprehension
spatial reasoning
analytical reasoning
visual memory
visual pursuit
Johnson O'Connor
INTELLIGENCE:
intelligence
reason
planning
problem solving
rational thought
cognitive ability
goal directed behavior
adaptive behavior
intelligence quotient (IQ)
emotional intelligence (EQ)
multiple intelligences
intelligence test(ing)
psychometrics
psychometric testing
pyschological test
general intelligence factor
triarchic theory of intelligence
Flynn effect
Binet-Simon Scale
Stanford-Binet test
WISC-IV test
Raven's Progressive Matrices
Full Scale IQ
Sir Francis Galton
James Cattell
Alfred Binet
Theodore Simon
Lewis Terman
Willian Stern
Robert Yerkes
David Weschler
Well, I think that's certainly enough for a start!
Each member of your triad will need to do independent research and write a 3-5 page report on your findings. Please remember to keep a list of your sources, whether online or text-based. If you are unsure about how to do this, or confused about formats, go to:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
This site, sponsored by Purdue University, has information on different formats for writing research papers, as well as a style guide.
Another excellent site is:
http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/citing.htm
which provides links and information for citing online references.
When each member of your triad has completed his/her research, you will spend some time collaborating on a group research paper, where you will combine your separate research into one report, using the same format and citations as you did for your individual research.
You will then present your groups findings to the class in a 10-15 minute presentation. Please be interesting and creative! You may use any method of presentation you wish, such as oral reporting, making a Powerpoint presentation, creating a Flash presentation, use of graphic organizers, realia, manipulatives, story-telling, etc. Include images, sounds, artwork, and music, if you like.
Process 2: Testing and evaluation
In process 2, you will be asked to take several online personality, aptitude, and intelligence tests. This will give you the opportunity to evaluate areas of your personal approach to learning, and give you an idea of what tasks you are good at.
The tests I have listed below are some of the better ones I have found online. They are all based on popular paper and pencil tests in use for many years.
I have chosen these tests for several reasons: they are sufficietly short, comprehensive, and free. All will give some evaluation of the results at the end of the exam.
DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR SCORES AND EVALUATIONS WHEN YOU COMPLETE EACH TEST!!!
(note: any truly interested in being evaluated in any of these domains would be advised to seek out the services of a trained psychometrician.)
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
offers a quick 72-qestion personality test based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in use after World War II. It is based on the psychological types of Carl Jung, and was developed by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers.
http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1
offers a free online version of the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, developed by david Keirsey and based on his 1978 book, Please Understand Me. The KTS is a more nuanced and complex personality inventory.
For more information on the history, development, and theory behind these two tests, please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keirsey_Temperament_Sorter
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html
DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR SCORES AND EVALUATIONS WHEN YOU COMPLETE EACH TEST!!!
http://www.highiqsociety.org/iq_tests/
hosts the International High IQ Society, which offers two colorful, highly interactive intelligence tests which score general intelligence as a number with a score of 100 as the median of distribution on a bell-curve. The test is a bit lengthy and involved, and tests in the areas of verbal reasoning, mathematical computation, and pattern recogniton. I suggest you take the easier Cognive Mental Abilities Test (eCMA).
Tickle.com provides a short and simple online exam specifically geared to Mulitple Intelligences, but I cannot vouch for its validity or reliability. Fun and interesting, though.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/psychotests.htm#INTRODUCTION
is a very comprehensive web site from the U.K. that has an enormous amount of information and links to various online aptitude tests.
http://www.queendom.com/tests/alltests.html
has online tests in personality, career, and intelligence.
DON'T FORGET TO SAVE YOUR SCORES AND EVALUATIONS WHEN YOU COMPLETE EACH TEST!!!
You'll need them for the next process in your WebQuest.
Process 3: Presentation:
In this phase of the WebQuest, you'll turn your results and conclusion into a graphic presentaion for the class. In it, you'll present your personal research, the results of your tests, and your evaluation of your results.
Please creative in your presentation. You may use any type of media you like, including creating a poster, composing a PowerPoint or Flash multimedia presentation, a slide show, anything that shows us, in images, words, and sounds your newly acquired knowledge of your multiple intelligences, and the ideal learning environment for yourself.
Perhaps you are an introverted, visual learner who would prefer to learn from the privacy of your own home, online. Or maybe you're the practical, hands-on type who learns best by rolling up your sleeves and learning by doing. Or you might be the outgoing, verbal type who likes to learn with others around you, discussing and debating face-toface in a classroom.
Whatever your learning style, there is a method or combination of learning strategies that works best for YOU!
