Piaget And Gardner

Human intelligence is defined as the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Gardner had a different idea of what being intelligent actually meant. In fact, he states that there are multiple types of intelligence that one can have. His works shows that children are not at the same stage intelligence wise, which challenged the work of Piaget. Gardner used his work to show that educators should integrate educational theories, teaching strategies, and other pedagogic tools in meaningful and useful ways to better address the needs of students. Traditional intelligence has been tested for many years by using standardized testing. For example, the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, a test that consists of a series of items that vary according to the age of the person being tested. Tests corresponding to that only assess the mental capacity of a child and does not go beyond the additional types of intelligences. Educators teach the same material to everyone in the same way which does not give other children with stronger intelligences in different areas a fair chance. Ones which Gardner has discovered to help educators in the classroom. …show more content…
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