Multiple Intelligences

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Multiple Intelligences

• IQ? Says who?

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Multiple Intelligences what are they?

• IQ vs MI
• Theory developed by Howard Gardner of Harvard
  University
• Research began in early 1980s
• Different ways of learning
• Various ways of measuring intelligence

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The 8 Multiple Intelligences

• Musical-Rhythmic
• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Verbal-Linguistic
• Visual-Spatial
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Naturalist

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Your brain on MIMusical-Rhythmic

• Right hemisphere
• Musical ability
• Rhythmic ability

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Your brain on MIBodily-Kinesthetic

• Motor cortex
• Specialized body movements
• Computation techniques

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Your brain on MILogical-Mathematical

• Logical - frontotemporal lobes
• Mathematical - parietofrontal lobes
• Problem solving
• Patterns

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Your brain on MIVerbal-Linguistic

• Brocas area
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening

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Your brain on MIVisual-Spatial

• Posterior regions of the right cerebral cortex
• Images
• Pictures
• Puzzles

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Your brain on MIInterpersonal

• Frontal regions of the cortex
• Cooperative learning
• Feelings
• Intentions

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Your brain on MIIntrapersonal

• Frontal lobes
• Self-aware
• Intuitive
• Self-motivated

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Your brain on MINaturalist

• Left parietal lobe
• Recognize detail in natural objects
• Distinctions among similar items

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How can MI help aid us in learning?

• Different ways to learn
• New learning environments
• More options for learning
• Explanation of why we are good at some things and
  not others

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Who is Howard Gardner?

• Professor of Cognition and Education at the
  Harvard School of Education
• Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard
  University
• Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero
• Has received honorary degrees from 21 colleges
  and universities
• Author of over 20 books