1. Your preferred learning or receiving style.
   If you circled the first statement in quadrant A, you have an AUDITORY receiving style. The first statement in quadrant B represents a VISUAL style. Read the New Brains article for information on how television grows this visual style in many young people today. The first two statements in quadrant D indicate a KINESTHETIC learning style. While we can all receive information in all three ways, many learners prefer one or two styles (such as visual and kinesthetic) over another. Your school should help you to use your preferred learning style most effectively.
2. A high score in quadrant A.
   The quadrants in this test are based on the multiple intelligences model of Dr. Howard Gardner. A high score here can indicate that you prefer auditory or linguistic work (first and last two items) and/or logical or analytical (mathematical) work (second, third, and fourth items). Auditory-linguistic students can explore such career areas as journalism and language translation; if they also have a positive score on logic items, law is another possibility. Logical-analytical learners can consider engineering, computer programming, science and technical specialties, or accountant and mathematics options. At Minuteman Regional High School, the Science-Technology Division provides special exploration opportunities for high-tech careers.
3. A high score in quadrant B.
   This right-brained quadrant is based on visual preference. High scores here can indicate talent for such careers as artists, architects, designers, landscapers, planners, graphic specialists, and system analysts. Minuteman High School offers exploration in several of these visual areas.
4. A high score in quadrant C.
   Both quadrant A and quadrant C represent left-brained or logical characteristics. However C adds the talent called intrapersonal intelligence. Persons with a high score in this quadrant are often potential organizers who can consider careers in administration or supervision.
5. A high score in quadrant D.
   This right-brained quadrant is based on kinesthetic intelligence (items one, two, and three), musical intelligence (item four) and interpersonal intelligence (items five and six). Strong scores here can indicate the desirability of considering working with other people in careers like teachers, nurses, salespersons (the interpersonal dimension) or of considering movement and action careers like builders, athletes, repairers, dancers. Minuteman provides exploration for these areas through two divisions--the Commercial Services or people-focused Division and the Construction-Power or build-fix division.

Most of us will exhibit a mixture of characteristics across quadrants. For example, a person might prefer the visual learning style (item #1, quadrant B) but not the visual talent or production preferences (other quadrant B items). However, dominance (a higher score) in one or two quadrants is common and has career selection significance. Also, those wishing to develop multiple talents for complex career opportunities should attempt to capitalize on their preferences and grow strength in their areas of non-preference. Some persons who do that can score strongly in all quadrants and then adapt to the shifting demands of a job such as in this example: The CEO of a corporation shifting to quadrant B as he/she plans company strategy, to quadrant D in meeting with salespersons, to quadrant C in directing emergency action, or to quadrant A in reviewing fiscal reports.

When a school guidance and career exploration program encourages such planning and matching and personal development, it produces entrepreneurial graduates. These are students who know where they are headed and why. They go to college with a focused purpose. They develop and use their talents but also work at eliminating weaknesses. They become persons who view a career path with enthusiasm and are ready to seize new opportunities. They become positive self-managers.