10 Questions
Which of the following individuals is NOT an example of Logical/Mathematical Intelligence?
Maya Angelou
What is the primary characteristic of Intrapersonal Intelligence?
Ability to understand oneself and one's thoughts
Which of the following is an example of Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence?
Playing a musical instrument
What is the primary purpose of assessing students' intelligence profiles?
To improve education by designing activities accordingly
Which of the following is an example of Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence?
Writing a poem
What is the primary characteristic of Naturalistic Intelligence?
Ability to understand and appreciate nature
What is the primary characteristic of Existential Intelligence?
Ability to contemplate and understand the meaning of life
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of intelligence?
Ability to possess a fixed trait
What is the primary benefit of educating students according to their intelligence profiles?
To help students develop their strengths and weaknesses
Which of the following is an example of Intrapersonal Intelligence?
Contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings
Study Notes
Multiple Intelligences Theory
- The theory proposes that all human beings possess 9 different intelligences in varying degrees.
- Each individual has a unique intelligence profile, and education can be improved by assessing students' intelligence profiles and designing activities accordingly.
Types of Intelligences
- Visual/Spatial Intelligence: Ability to form and manipulate mental models, dependent on visual thinking, and imaginative.
- Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence: Ability to understand and manipulate words and languages.
- Logical/Mathematical Intelligence: Ability to do things with data, collect, organize, analyze, and interpret, and converge.
Characteristics of Visual/Spatial Intelligence
- Learn most readily from visual presentations, such as movies, pictures, videos, and demonstrations using models and props.
- Like to draw, paint, or sculpt their ideas.
- Can be fostered by utilizing charts, graphs, diagrams, graphic organizers, microscopes, etc.
Famous Examples
- Visual/Spatial Intelligence: Pablo Picasso, Bobby Fischer, Georgia O'Keefe.
- Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence: T.S. Elliot, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King Jr.
- Logical/Mathematical Intelligence: Albert Einstein, Niehls Bohr, John Dewey.
Principles for Effective Learning
- To develop mastery, students must acquire component skills, practice integrating them, and know when to apply what they have learned.
- Goal-directed practice coupled with targeted feedback enhances the quality of students' learning.
- Students' current level of development interacts with the social, emotional, and intellectual climate of the course to impact learning.
- To become self-directed learners, students must learn to monitor and adjust their approaches to learning.
Howard Gardner
- Psychologist and Professor at Harvard University.
- Published "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" (1983).
- Criteria for identifying an intelligence include:
- Isolation of brain damage/neurological evidence.
- The existence of prodigies, idiot savants, and exceptional individuals.
- Distinguishable set of core operations.
- Developmental stages with an expert end state.
- Evolutionary history and plausibility.
- Susceptibility to encoding in a symbol system.
- Support from experimental psychological tasks.
- Support from psychometric research.
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