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    independent of intelligence, education and personality. The index insist on four problem-solving types which are fact finder, follow-thru, quick start and implementor. The fact finder means the way we gather information. The follow-thru which is mentions to the arrangement and organizing information. Next, quick start which means the way we deal with time and uncertainty. Lastly, implementor is how we handle…

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    and weaknesses. Intelligence has traditionally been measured by using I.Q. tests but those testsare only measure one type of intelligence. I.Q. tests are not an entirely accurate way to determine who are intelligent and who are not. Therefore the multiple intelligence theory is very important to modern education because its main point is that every individual has eight intelligences and they all work together in a unique way. Havard Gardner’s (1983) theory of multiple intelligences helped…

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    is experience,” Albert Einstein once stated. Throughout the story Flowers for Algernon, Charlie Gordon desires to be intelligent. With an intelligence quotient of only sixty-eight, Charlie is used to being an outcast. In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made the right decision by choosing Charlie Gordon as the test subject for the intelligence-altering surgery because of how Charlie realized who is friends were, made scientific contributions, and accomplished his lifelong dream.…

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    important points in chapters nine and ten are learning how intelligence and language are described and measured within the different age ranges of infant, child, adolescence, and adulthood. There are many different theories regarding intelligence and the types of intelligence. Whereas language is discussed in correlation to the nature versus nurture debate comparing universal grammar, environment and how nature and nurture work together. Intelligence in regard to infants according to Bayley…

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    My path to acquiring intelligence is a testament that disproves the general belief that smart people are innately intelligent. Indeed, there are people who see information once and are able to recall it verbatim, but that is not the case for everyone, not even Asians. Contrary to popular belief, it is not just “brains” that aid a person in academic education. In order to succeed, a person needs have unwavering determination. My life’s story is all about determination, although my academic…

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    since the increase of people starting to forget things, people have been wanting to increase their brain activity with things like: smart drugs and supplements to brain training. People try all this games, activities, and programs to help their intelligence but are they actually helping making you smarter or are they just helping you with that task? Games that are meant to help you get smarter might not actually help you. “Playing the math puzzle KenKen will obviously make you better at…

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    Humans are among the most intelligent species on the planet. In just the past 3,000 years we went from sticks and stones to touch screens and drones. With the usage of our intelligence and creativity we curated language and have been using it as a tool for communication. Trying to imagine a world without the use of language, any language, is an impossible task to accomplish. This may be because from the early phases of development we have used language as a means of communication. As a result of…

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    can best use to do this. Not all children are equal in how they learn or express the ideas that they learn and it should be our job to help find that method and allow for the child to use it at its fullest potential. Both the ideas of multiple intelligence and the use of children teaching their peers as an explorative community can help blossom this ability to learn and communicate. You hear time and time again “I’m a visual learner.” or “I’m an auditory learner.” That’s probably true, but not…

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    year-old adult with an IQ of 68. He is mentally challenged but he desperately wants to be smart. Charlie is asked to have a surgery that the doctors think will make him smarter but the results are not guaranteed. Charlie will do anything to gain more intelligence and therefore agrees to have the surgery and take part in the scientists’ experimentation on him and his advances. Charlie’s surgery does in fact increase his knowledge (at least in the beginning). As Charlie becomes smarter he starts…

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    “Flowers for Algernon” focuses on a mentally challenged man name Charlie who undergoes an operation to make him three times smarter, but this decision was very unethical. The experiment was being done by two men, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur, who test his intelligence before and after the operation to find out if it worked. After the operation Charlie experienced new feelings starting from love to betrayal just for it to be stolen from him. Charlie’s decision wasn’t ethical since Charlie didn’t…

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