The MIDAS™ assessment has undergone over 15 years of validity and efficacy research by people in many different countries. Early validity research is summarized in the Professional Manual (Shearer, 2007, Rev. Ed.). Numerous other studies have been conducted by both the author and other researchers that have examined its validity as well as contributions to teaching, learning and personal satisfaction.

The goal of this long term research has been to create a valid, research-based assessment that produces a high quality descriptive Profile. To learn how it differs from superficial and invalid so-called MI "tests" download this paper by the author:

Is the MIDAS Appropriate for your Purposes?

Accepting the validity of MI theory is a big issue both in schools and among theorists. Dr. Shearer recently addressed this important issue in his response to Howard Gardner's presentation at the MI in Global Perspective session at the 2006 AERA conference. Down load this commentary entitled, "When Can We Stop Calling It "Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences?"

Papers: The following papers summarize research projects conducted by the author.

- Criterion Related Validity of the MIDAS Assessments

- Teen-MIDAS Summary of Validity and Reliabilty Research

- MIDAS-Kids Summary of Validity and Reliability Research

- Career Development and the Multiple Intelligences

- Teacher Development and The MIDAS Assessment 

- Math Skill and Multiple Intelligences: Investigating the Profiles of High School Students

- Reading Skill and Multiple Intelligences: Investigating the Profiles of High School Students

- An Integrated Model of Multiple Intelligences: Integrating Triarchic, IQ, EQI and MI Theories

- Exploring the Relationship Between MI and Emotional Intelligence

Current Research and Development Projects

- Existential scale development

Howard Gardner first proposed Existential as the possible 9^th intelligence in his 1999 book, Intelligence Reframed. As of this writing, Dr. Gardner is reviewing the status of the proposed Existential intelligence and its research basis. The MIDAS Existential scale has undergone preliminary validation studies and data collection is ongoing.

- Leadership development and The MIDAS™

The MIDAS™ is being used to enhance leadership development for both undergraduate and graduate students at Kent State University. This is a promising use for The MIDAS assessment.

- Business Applications of The MIDAS™ This paper summarizes the possible business uses for the MIDAS assessment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/readytolearn/thinker_quiz/

- What Kind of Thinker Was Leonardo da Vinci? This paper compares the what is known about the life and work of da Vinci to the results of the Thinking Styles Survey that was developed as an interactive component of the BBC's Leonardo website

- What Kind of Thinker Are You? This paper describes the Thinking Style Survey and its nine scales: musical, kinesthetic, musical, linguistic, logical-math, spatial, naturalist, intrapersonal, interpersonal and exsitential.

- Development of a Thinking Styles Survey  This paper describes the technical procedures and research steps followed to create and validate the Thinking Styles Survey for web administration.

- Assessing Thinking Styles This paper describes the multiple intelligences interest profiles of over 175,000 people who completed the online Thinking Styles Survey on the BBC website. Several group profiles are described including: leadership group, high school drop-outs, people with either high school and college degrees and professional of graduate degree graduates.