Questions and answers

No. We describe a child's preferences and strengths, not an “intelligence level.” Our questionnaires are designed for getting to know the child and for conversation; they are not a psychological or medical diagnosis.

Our full set covers ages 3 to 18. For children aged 3–6, parents fill in the questionnaire and a specialist observes the child at play; from age 7, the child also answers simple questions.

No. The result shows areas of interest and strength that are useful when choosing clubs, courses and ways of learning. A career depends on many factors — interests, values and opportunities.

There is no “low” in our profile. We show visible strengths and the areas that need more opportunity and experience. Intelligences grow.

Only if you want it to. The result is calculated on the server but not stored there: the link to your result is encrypted and works for two hours. The result is saved only if you save it to your account. Saved results are encrypted, and you can delete them at any time.

The short test on the site takes about 5 minutes. A full assessment with questionnaires, observation or an interview, and a written report usually takes 1–2 weeks.

Data is collected only with your consent and stored encrypted on a protected server. Reports are available only in your account. We do not share them with third parties, including the school, without your written permission. You can download your data or delete your account together with all of it.

Yes. When booking, you choose the format: online (video call) or in person, if the service is also offered in person. The link to an online meeting appears in your account.

Gardner's theory is very influential in education but remains debated in scientific psychology. That is why we use it as a shared language for talking about strengths and for varying how children learn — not as a precise measure of “intelligence,” and not to confine a child to a single “learning style.”

A team strengths map helps you allocate tasks wisely, and backward design produces training whose results are measured at work.

The price of each service is shown on the booking page and in the packages on the service pages. If you can't decide on a package, start with a first meeting.

After choosing a time, you pay by bank transfer or, if it is enabled, by card on the bank's secure page. We never see or store your card details.

Yes. You can cancel a booking in your account until the free cancellation deadline. The deadline is shown on the booking page.

Intelligence depends on both heredity and environment. Genes play a substantial part, but heritable does not mean fixed: each extra year of schooling adds roughly 1–5 IQ points on average (Ritchie and Tucker-Drob, 2018). Average test scores in many countries also rose by about 3 points per decade during the 20th century, too fast to be explained by genes (the Flynn effect). Knowledge, skills and ways of thinking keep growing with practice, rich experience and good teaching.

Yes, it is. Most people are stronger in some areas than in others, and in children this balance also changes as they grow. Use the strong side as a bridge — a child who loves stories may find a maths problem easier when it is told as a story — and give the weaker area calm, playful practice without pressure. If a difficulty is very marked or getting worse (for example, with speech, reading or attention), talk to a specialist.

No. An intelligence is an ability to work with a particular kind of content (words, numbers, music and so on), and Gardner himself says intelligences are not learning styles. Research has also found no benefit in teaching each child only in their supposed “style” (Pashler and colleagues, 2008); what helps is presenting important ideas in several ways to every child.

There is no single right age, and it is normal for a 14- or 15-year-old not to know yet; exploring interests and trying things out from that age makes the later choice much easier. In Tajikistan, though, the entrance exams after grade 11 are taken in one of five groups of specialities, each with its own subjects, so it helps to settle on a direction by about grade 10 (check the current rules on the National Testing Center's website, ntc.tj). The exact profession can come later: many people refine or change their path during and after university.

No. The career compass is a free questionnaire of about ten minutes that helps teenagers think about their strengths, interests and values and suggests fields worth exploring; it is not a psychological test of abilities, and it stores nothing. A consultant talks the result through with the teenager and parents, takes school marks, entrance exams and family circumstances into account, and helps build a realistic plan. The compass is a good start for that conversation, not a replacement for it.

Our team writes them in plain language, based on scientific books and research — from classic works by Jean Piaget and Howard Gardner to recent research reviews. They are our own explanations, not translations, and the sources are listed at the end of every article. If you spot a mistake, please write to us.

Not in any lasting way. The “Mozart effect” turned out to be small and short-lived (Chabris, 1999), and brain-training apps mostly improve performance on the trained exercises themselves, with little effect on schoolwork or everyday thinking (Simons and colleagues, 2016). Children's thinking grows best through conversation, reading together, play, learning real skills and enough sleep — and music is well worth enjoying for its own sake.