Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

Start with the range of intelligences

A useful starting point is the mind map “Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles”. It brings together visual and spatial, musical, logical, interpersonal and other intelligences, alongside graphic organizers. Its branches offer an overview before you look at the more focused classroom ideas on the page.

As you study the map, note which terms appear elsewhere in the collection. This can help you follow the same intelligence across resources that use different activities or questions.

Move from categories to questions

The maps titled “Objective” frame intelligences as questions for planning. They ask, for example, how spoken or written words might be used, how students might share with peers, and how visual aids or color might be included. Another question focuses on numbers, logic and classifications.

After the overview map, compare these questions with “Ways to approach material using each of the intelligences”. The questions can give you a way to organize your notes as you look through the approaches in that map.

Explore activities and settings

“Patrick's Walking Plan” groups ideas under several intelligences. A related walking-plan map includes activities involving signs, word games and rhythm. The page also lists a mind map on multiplication and another on creating a learning environment.

A note made from a mind map looks at multiple intelligences and language learning. It offers another format to study alongside the maps. The page has no quizzes, so comparing the questions and activities across resources is an alternative way to practice.

Connect the topic to the unit

Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom is a section of the Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences unit in Education and pedagogy. The resources on this page connect the unit's focus on learning styles and intelligences with questions about classroom use.

Choose a map or the note and make a short comparison of the ideas it presents.