I like to start every school year by giving my students a Multiple Intelligence Test. It is based on Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence. The link below explains more about the theory.
http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html
I like to to start off the year in this fashion to show my students that they are all smart, they just learn best in different ways. I also like to look at the results so I can inform my lessons to try and reach all learners through most of the intelligence methods.