Multiple Intelligences

Here is a useful link I found a few years ago.  It is sometimes difficult to gage your student's learning style early on in the semester and therefore there is a lot of trial and error.  One way to minimize the error side of things is to give your students this online Multiple Intelligences Assessment.

The theory of Multiple Intelligences was developed by Howard Gardner in the 1980's.  He suggested that each individuals cognitive abilities were unique and different and the standard IQ test did not account for the full picture of one's true intelligence.

He divided intelligence into eight categories with a ninth currently being explored.
Spatial
Linguistic
Logical - Mathematical
Bodily - Kinesthetic
Music
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist
and currently under research
Existential

Once you asses what a student's strengths and weaknesses are, you have a better chance of customizing your teaching approach for each student. For instance you most certainly do not want to teach math to a student using a Logical approach if they tend to learn best in a Naturalist environment.

Try it yourself and see where you fall, then try it with your students.  There is always some very interesting insight in the results.

http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html