Theory of multiple intelligences

the word intelligence. Intelligence can be considered a measure of a person’s level of knowledge, the brainpower one person may possess, or the intellect one has developed through education. Can everyone be intelligent? Are some people born smarter than others? Can intelligence be learned, taught, or developed over an extended period of time? How often are people labeled for being intelligent or unintelligent just based off of test scores alone. What if there was more to intelligence than just…

solving skills through completion of math problems. As a special education teacher, within a math classroom, I constantly am thinking of how to accommodate all my students. However, after taking this course, it brought enlightenment of the different intelligences. This stations catered toward my linguistic and interpersonal learners. It allowed my linguistic learners to utilize the English language to demonstrate their understanding of the learned material and allowed independent…

Human intelligence is one of the most widely discussed topics within the discipline of psychology, nevertheless, psychologists have not come to an agreement on the definition of intelligence. While many agree that intelligence refers to one’s ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think logically and abstractly, the question of whether there is one general intelligence or many ‘intelligences’ still persists (Gottfredson, 1997). As Deary (2001) has noted, sometimes we refer to someone’s general…

With this theory by Renate and Geoffrey Caine, the facts that there are differences between “brain-compatible” and “brain antagonistic” education are discussed. (Caine, 2004) Brain-compatible education is education that reaches the children on as many different levels…

Drawing from this, he presents the idea of developing a “functional Multiple Intelligences theory (fMI)”, (2013) so it can be actually tested. Testing of this fMI may result in demonstration of how learning through various information processing units of the brain facilitates, inhibits, or does not interact with learning through others…

I believe I am a very complex learner. After reviewing Gardener’s multiple intelligence theory and the field dependence/ independence, I would say I am a visual/special, musical, and field dependent learner. I am very interested in seeing the whole picture before working on the parts. Understanding my goal allows me to focus on completing my tasks. I love using pictures, images, and other visual ques to understand a concept. When solving math problems, I normally go straight into drawing a…

finally, by seeking to form one inclusive classroom community. First of all, in order for them to cultivate an inclusive classroom, teachers must learn about the ‘them’, that is, their students. The diversity of students, their abilities, and intelligences are as numerous as the students themselves. Harro Van Brummelen addresses six forms of diversity that may be…

Gardner believed schools only focus on verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical intelligences (p.161). I agree with this because American schools basically test math, science, and language skills on state tests such as the MAP test. It would be a completely different experience if mandated tests also collected scores in the fine arts categories, besides literature. I have taken Gardner’s multiple intelligences test in several of my college classes. These are always for fun and the teacher…

A belief that each individual possesses seven distinct and measureable forms of intelligences is a theory called multiple intelligence. Howard Gardner is credited with sharing this theory with the world, but let’s examine the life of Howard Gardner. First, let’s mention that Howard Gardner is a developmental psychologist who was born on July 11, 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Although his initial plan was to study law, he was inspired by the work of Jean Piaget to study developmental…

Intelligence is defined as the capability of how human derived knowledge or to adopt understandings to manipulate the environment surrounding them. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences explains that there are 9 distinct types of intelligence in human. Multiple intelligences relate to different learning methods and styles that one uses to receive knowledge and process the information by their own methods. Hence, every human has their own differences of intelligence that enables them…