Theory of multiple intelligences

to this challenge is to implement Multiple Intelligence activities in the classroom. However, they feel intimidated on how to incorporate Multiple Intelligences (MI) in their teaching. Howard Gardner’s theory on Multiple Intelligences opened up new possibilities in teaching by developing the different potentials students have. MI theory is based on a principle that students learn and acquire knowledge in many different ways. The theory of Multiple Intelligences offers eight ways of teaching and…

whiteboards and online reports into their education system. This fast-growing development is supplying a larger majority of students with more opportunities to flourish as learning and an individual. Firstly, in light of Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence theory, the interactive whiteboards can show YouTube documentary’s, interactive games and programs for art and music, and many different ways to apply a different angle on curriculum. A magazine article by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo in 2010,…

lesson will aim to incorporate at least three to four different intelligences to reach out to more children. I personally am a big fan of the Multiple Intelligence Theory and its methodology because I have personally seen that “the more ways we teach, the more children we reach!” – The greater the meaning and connections from multiple contexts, the better. Making a topic web is a great lesson template to nurture the multiple intelligences while it reinforces real-life learning and…

issues with communicating that Amelia Bedelia has, we can easily see how similar miscommunication happens with our English learners. Teachers can approach these language barriers and others using the theories and teaching techniques such as Vygotsky’s ZPD, metacognition and multiple intelligences. One way for a teacher to approach the issue of homonyms and idioms…

What is intelligence? What is the purpose of deciphering the different categories of intelligence? When I was young, I really never knew what I was good at, and until recently I still did not know. Placing oneself into a category that shows one’s strengths and weaknesses helps a person use that information to succeed in their life, home, and occupation. To people that categorize intelligence are Robert J. Sternberg, and Howard Gardner (Santrock, 2012). Intelligence can be interpreted in many…

Graduate School of Education. Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences. The theory of multiple intelligences was developed in 1983 which explained that the concept of intelligence was too limited and that intelligence quotient (IQ) testing did not properly represent other "intelligences" that someone could have. He published Frames of Mind in 1983, which was a book that described his theory and the seven distinct intelligences. Gardner's work is so significant because it…

defining what to test for and what is considered intelligence makes the topic of intelligence a hard a intricate subject. There are two different theories in the progress towards measuring intelligence Generalized intelligence is a narrower definition of intelligence focusing on analytical intelligence. The other theory is multiple intelligence which says that there are multiple types of intelligence separate from one another. Intelligence is a very important part of life and has aid or…

poised the theory that intelligence has multiple variations. These multiple variations of intelligence, Frames of Mind, are defined as different perspectives of the world. Gardner further explained his theory by stating that each frame of mind is a different and fully independent intelligence within its own rights. Furthermore, the different types of intelligences as theorized by Gardner include: verbal/linguistic, body-kinesthetic, and logical/mathematical. Verbal/linguistic intelligence is…

The term ‘intelligence’ is broadly defined by many as the mental capacity to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. The word itself has a positive connotation and is used to describe someone with a high intellectual abilities or brainpower. However, there is no standard definition of what constitutes intellectual capacity or brainpower. To find a satisfying answer as to what intelligence is, many psychologists have studied it and came up with different theories that define intelligence. The…

rhythmical ways to associate their Musical Intelligence with the prepared activities. Some of the students with Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence will be directed to read, write, and learn in many traditional modes and then scrutinize and consolidate their findings on paper. For apprentices with a naturalist intelligence, I will provoke interest by using ordinary specimens and resources from the natural surroundings. Students that show Kinesthetic Intelligence, will build models, dramatize events,…