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Title: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences


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The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
2
Howard Gardner and Multiple Intelligences
  • Howard Gardner is a professor at Harvard
    University.
  • He has spent decades researching how people learn
    and what makes a person intelligent.
  • Gardner created a theory that says a person can
    be intelligent in more than one way.

3
Gardner (cont.)
  • Gardner realized that some students are smart but
    didnt do well on tests.
  • Instead of looking at what students couldnt do,
    he started to look at what students could do.
  • In 1983, he created the theory of Multiple
    Intelligences.

4
Multiple Intelligences
  • There are 8 types of intelligences
  • 1. Linguistic (A) the ability to use language
    or words to express yourself.
  • 2. Logical-Mathematical (B) the ability to
    detect patterns and think logically usually good
    at math and/or science.
  • 3. Spatial (C) the ability to create mental
    images to solve problems or express yourself.
  • 4. Musical (D) the ability to understand and
    create music.

5
Multiple Intelligences (cont.)
  • 5. Bodily-Kinesthetic (E) the ability to use
    your body in a skilled way, such as dancers,
    athletes, actors, etc.
  • 6. Interpersonal (F) the ability to perceive
    and understand others (teachers, therapists,
    ministers)
  • 7. Intrapersonal (G) the ability to understand
    yourself and your own emotions
  • 8. Naturalist intelligence enables human beings
    to recognize, categorize and draw upon certain
    features of the environment.

6
What does this mean and why is it important?
  • Traditional intelligence has always been defined
    as being good at math or English.
  • Student success at school is measured by the
    ability to do well in those areas.
  • For example, STAR tests and high school exit
    exams.
  • Students with skills and abilities in other areas
    are often overlooked.
  • Teachers are beginning to understand that if
    students dont all learn the same way, then they
    cant all be tested in the same way.

7
What intelligence strength do you think these
people have?
  • Cal Ripken, Jr. played in 2,632 straight games
    over 17 seasons and played a total of 20 yrs in
    major league baseball.
  • Maya Angelou her books have been nominated for
    major literary awards.
  • Wolfgang Mozart died at age 35 after writing
    over 600 musical compositions.
  • Sigmund Freud a psychiatrist who developed the
    theory of psychoanalysis.
  • Frank Lloyd Wright an architect who built and
    designed over 500 buildings.
  • Anne Sullivan taught the blind and deaf Helen
    Keller how to communicate using sign language in
    Kellers hand.
  • Robert Oppenheimer director of the Manhattan
    Project, the group that created the first atomic
    bomb.
  • Jacques Cousteau co-developed the aqua-lung,
    pioneered marine conservation.
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