I did my dissertation research with "Big Five Inventory." It's a 25 item survey measuring Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Agreeability, and Neuroticism. For what it's worth, my strongest finding was that introverts had significantly more accurate performance reputations than extraverts on *every* single test. (They didn't necessarily perform better, but their team-mates more accurately dialed in to their ability level--whatever it was.) I thought extraverts would have more accurate reputations because they would be motivated to verbalize about their preparation, performance, thought processes, etc. and thereby give team-mates more information with which to gauge their level of expertise. The opposite turned out to be true--introverts were the ones people more accurately "got a bead on." Perhaps a signal-to-noise ratio effect. :-) -Michael -----Original Message----- From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:14 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: personality tests for creating teams Christine- I also use the VARK inventory (www.vark-learn.com) and then plot their scores on a chart so that I can see the best way to distribute them in to heterogeneous groups as a result. In 2001 I wrote a pair of articles for the Teaching Professor, which outlined this very process. Juli ** Julia L Dunn Director of Academic Resources Associate Professor Whitman College 345 Boyer Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362 [log in to unmask] 509.527.5013 (office) 509.301.6824 (cell) Quoting Christine Kuramoto <[log in to unmask]>: > Hello Everyone, > > I seem to remember that once someone mentioned dividing teams by > personality type. In May I'll be having the same group of students I > had last year. Last year's teams were divided by English proficiency > (distributing talents equally among teams). I'd like to try > something different this time, but since the group is otherwise > homogeneous (all 20-something Japanese medical students in their 3rd > year), the only thing that seems feasible is dividing by personality > types. > > Can anyone recommend a good free printable version of a personality > inventory I could use on the first day of class? > > Thanks! > Christine > > -- > ******* > Christine Kuramoto, Assistant Professor: Medical English > Kyushu University, Department of Medical Education > Faculty of Medical Sciences > 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582 Japan > Phone: (+81)92-642-6186 Fax: (+81)92-642-6188 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] >