Multiple Intelligences

Multiple Intelligences

1. Howard Gardner’s Theory

   • “An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings.”

2. Verbal-Linguistic

   • the knowing which comes through
     • language
     • reading
     • writing
     • speaking
   • You probably like
     • various kinds of literature
     • playing word games
     • making up poetry and stories
     • debating
     • formal speaking
     • telling jokes

3. Mathematical-Logical

   • uses numbers, math, and logic to find and understand the patterns
     • thought
     • number
     • visual
     • color
   • You probably like
     • conduct experiments
     • to solve puzzles and other problems
     • to ask cosmic questions
     • analyze circumstances and people’s behavior

4. Visual-Spatial

   • the knowing that occurs through
     • shapes
     • images
     • patterns
     • designs
     • textures
   • You probably like
     • draw
     • paint
     • make interesting designs and patterns
     • work with clay, colored markers, construction paper, and fabric.

5. Intrapersonal

   • It involves
     • want to know the meaning, purpose, and significance of things
     • awareness of the inner world of the self
     • emotions
     • values
     • beliefs
     • quests for genuine spirituality
   • You are probably
     • elf-reflective and self-aware
     • you tend to be in tune
       • inner feelings
       • values
       • beliefs
       • thinking processes

6. Bodily-Kinesthetic

   • You probably like
     • physical movement
     • dancing
     • making and inventing things with your hands
     • role- playing
   • needed for effective person-to-person communication and relating.

7. Interpersonal

   • You probably like
     • love team activities of all kinds
     • sensitive to other people’s feelings and ideas
     • good at piggybacking your ideas on others’ thoughts.
     • likely skilled at drawing others out in a discussion
   • this form of knowledge requires
     • learn through personal interactions.
     • have lots of friends
     • show a great deal of empathy for other people
     • exhibit a deep understanding of other points of view

8. Naturalist

   • involves the full range of knowing that occurs in and through our encounters with the natural world
     • recognition
     • appreciation
     • understanding
   • It involves such capacities as
     • species discernment
     • communion with the natural world and its phenomena
     • ability to recognize and classify various flora and fauna.

9. Musical-Rhythmic

   • it deals with the whole realm of sound
     • beats
     • vibrational patterns
     • tones
     • music
   • You probably like
     • music and rhythmic patterns
     • sounds in the environment
     • You may study and work better with music in the background