Multiple Intelligences Flashcards
Definition
Learner-based philosophy that characterizes human intelligences as having multiple dimensions that must be acknowledged and developed in education.
Traditional IQ Test
1) Based on Stanford-Binet
2) Logic | Language
3) Intelligence is single, unchanged
Intelligence, according Gardner
1) All humans have = intelligences
2) Different strengths and combinations of intelligences
3) Enhanced through training and practice
Learner, according Gardner
Possessing individual learning styles, preferences, or intelligences
Signs, according Gardner
Clues as an intelligence having a distinct development and evolutionary history
Author
Howard Gardner – Harvard
Native Intelligences
1) Linguistic
2) Kinesthetic
3) Logic-mathematical
4) Interpersonal
5) Intrapersonal
6) Spatial
7) Musical
8) Naturalist
Linguistic
o Use language creatively
o Lawyers | Writers | Editors | Interpreters
Logical-mathematical
o Think rationally
o Doctors | Engineers | Programmers | Scientists
Spatial
o Form mental world models
o Architects | Decorators | Sculptors | Painters
Musical
o Good ear for music
o Singers | Composers
Kinesthetic
o Well-coordinated body
o Athletes | Craft persons
Interpersonal
o Work well with people
o Salespeople | Politicians | Teachers
Intrapersonal
o Understand oneself
o Happy / Well-adjusted people
Naturalist
o Understand and organize the patterns of nature