Howard Gardner Eight Frames Of Mind Summary

How do you imagine that Howard Gardner would respond to a concerned parent seeking guidance who asks, "How can I get my Kristen more motivated to achieve in school? She is starting to fall behind in both reading and math! All she wants to do is get outside and play softball!" How would Dr. Gardner foster intrapersonal intellignece in this student? Interpersonal intelligence?

In regards to Gardner’s Eight Frames of Mind, Kristen would be considered “Bodily-Kinesthetic” since she loves baseball and seems to be quite well at playing this sport. I would think Interpersonal intelligence is already mastered in Kristen because she plays baseball and on a team, therefor she knows how to interact and play with others. I think, Gardner would foster Intrapersonal because Kristen needs to get to know herself in a better understanding and she could reflect on other things on what she likes or dislikes to help her get to know her about herself as well as reflect on her school process on areas she is great in and areas that might need improvement. Kristen also needs to reflect and understand her feelings and emotions as well so she has an idea on who she really is as a person. …show more content…
Reading books about baseball would catch her interest since she loves baseball and could encourage Kristen to read as well as start to succeed in reading. In regards to math, have the math problems that is baseball related and have Kristen solve the problem. Since, Kristen loves baseball the math question regarding baseball would catch her