This chapter was about intelligence, dyslexia, learning styles, tests and structure builders. In more detail, there are proposed different types of intelligence, learning styles should not be believed, and people with dyslexia are more likely to see the big picture. This chapter was structured very similarly to the other chapters in the book which keeps it consistent. Personally, I particularly enjoyed when the author brought up dyslexia and the multiple ideas surrounding it. It really made me think, and I liked how it talked about how criminals have it more often than not and it can stem from self-esteem issues and go from there. I also like how it talked about how people with dyslexia see the bigger picture better, and may have earned to
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I thought that was really cool at the time because I had never thought there being different types of intelligence. To me it really helped explain more of life and put everyone on a more even playing field, where being book smart was not the top, or only, priority. Except we learned them as fact and never talked about Sternberg’s theory. Sterberg’s theory basically proposed three different types of intelligence; analytical, creative, and practical. I like how they related that to the kids in Brazil who could not do paper math but could do math with money. They had more of a practical knowledge instead of analytical because their parents may have encouraged it. Since their parents encouraged it, they themselves may have been brought up that way …show more content…
After giving us all those tests they made us find ways to use that, and only that, method of studying and how to deal with teachers who did not teach to our style. At the time it was fun quizzes, but I also wondered how would my friends, who were visual learners in a music class, be able to study at all. Which, that is also something that the book brought up when it discussed why it would not work, and gave the example of the student who thought they should not read since it was not their learning
I thought that was really cool at the time because I had never thought there being different types of intelligence. To me it really helped explain more of life and put everyone on a more even playing field, where being book smart was not the top, or only, priority. Except we learned them as fact and never talked about Sternberg’s theory. Sterberg’s theory basically proposed three different types of intelligence; analytical, creative, and practical. I like how they related that to the kids in Brazil who could not do paper math but could do math with money. They had more of a practical knowledge instead of analytical because their parents may have encouraged it. Since their parents encouraged it, they themselves may have been brought up that way …show more content…
After giving us all those tests they made us find ways to use that, and only that, method of studying and how to deal with teachers who did not teach to our style. At the time it was fun quizzes, but I also wondered how would my friends, who were visual learners in a music class, be able to study at all. Which, that is also something that the book brought up when it discussed why it would not work, and gave the example of the student who thought they should not read since it was not their learning