What is Intelligence

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What is Intelligence?
This PowerPoint uses information from The George
Lucas Educational Foundation and
http//www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm consoli
dated and arranged by Becca Pangborn State
College Area High School
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What is Intelligence?

• A "Choose your own web path"
• about Howard Gardner's Theory
• by Becca Pangborn
• http//www.personal.psu.edu/users/r/m/rmp156/choos
  e/question.html

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What Is An Intelligence?

• "An intelligence is the ability to solve
  problems, or to create products, that are valued
  within one or more cultural settings."
• --Howard Gardner, Frames of Mind

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7 Kinds of Smart

• word smart
• numbers smart
• pictures and images smart
• sound smart
• physical smart
• patterns in nature smart
• other people smart
• self smart

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Multiple Intelligences

• linguistic
• logical mathematical
• spatial
• musical
• bodily kinesthetic
• naturalist
• interpersonal
• intrapersonal

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I want my children to understand the world, but
not just because the world is fascinating and the
human mind is curious. I want them to understand
it so that they will be positioned to make it a
better place. Knowledge is not the same as
morality, but we need to understand if we are to
avoid past mistakes and move in productive
directions. An important part of that
understanding is knowing who we are and what we
can do... Ultimately, we must synthesize our
understandings for ourselves. (Howard Gardner,
1999)
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Verbal-Linguistic

• Focuses thinking on language, both aural and
  symbolic
• Highly auditory
• A reader
• Processes through listening
• A storyteller
• Understands diverse vocab
• A good speller
• tape-recorder memory

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Logical-Mathematical

• Oriented toward thinking inductive and deductive
  logic, numeration, abstract patterns
  contemplative problem solver
• Makes and uses patterns
• Discerns relationships
• Reasons logically
• Hypothesizes
• Inventive
• Likes challenges
• Problem solves

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Spatial

• Depends on visual and proximity thinking thinks
  in images imaginative
• Internal imagery
• Perceives Patterns
• Abstract Designs
• Astute Observer
• Mazes and puzzles
• Spatial navigator
• Photographic memory

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Musical

• Responds to acoustic patterns, sounds, rhythms,
  and tempo
• Collects music
• Sings and plays, hums and whistles
• Music vocab
• Creative
• Remembers melodies
• Emotional and aesthetic
• Recognizes variations in music

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Bodily-Kinesthetic

• Involves physical movement and knowledge of the
  body usually large-muscle activity coordinated
• Timing
• Grace and precision
• Motor skills
• Dexterity and balance
• Healthy standards
• Expresses with body
• Touches and talks
• Energetic

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Naturalist

• Recognizes and classifies plants, animals, and
  minerals including a mastery of taxonomies
• Recognizes specimens
• Values the unusual
• Aware of / classifies species
• Categorizes organisms
• Connects capabilities

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Interpersonal

• Oriented toward social or group relationships
  affectively communicative cooperative
• socializer
• Interactive
• Mediator
• Active listener
• Considers consequences
• Cooperative team player
• Empathizer

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Intrapersonal

• Identifies with intuition and introspection
  self-knowledge (not necessarily introverted).
• Asks why
• Strong-willed
• Self-reflective
• Independent
• Ethical system
• Marches to a different drummer

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HOMEWORK!

• Write a Written Reaction in response to Gardners
  theory of multiple intelligences. Please feel
  free, but not obligated, to refer to the
  following questions in your reflection.
• Which one (or several) of Gardners categories do
  you think you fall under? How do you express
  this intelligence in your life?
• Think about a teacher, mentor, coach, or role
  model that you feel has influenced or inspired
  you in some way. According to Gardners theory,
  what kind of intelligence(s) do you think this
  person possessed? Do you have that same
  intelligence in common?
• Can you think of any other types of intelligence
  that might be added to Gardners list?