6. Key Points of MI Theory
• People possess nine intelligences.
• Each individual has a different intelligence profile.
• Education can be improved by assessment of students’
intelligence.
• Each intelligence occupies different area of the brain.
• The nine intelligence may operate in consort or
independently from one another.
18. People with musical intelligence are good at
imitating sounds or other people’s voice or
intonation. Rhythm and music can be away
for them to memorize concepts.
19. • singing / rapping
• create chants
• perform dance routines to
act out historical or literary
events
20. Students with intrapersonal intelligence
work well cooperatively and thrive on
building friendships and relationships.
22. Naturalist intelligence designates the human
ability to discriminate among living things as
well as sensitivity to other features of the
natural world.
23. • collecting items from nature
• cultivating plants
• caring for small animals
• going on nature walks
24. Students with intrapersonal intelligence are
very aware of their own motivations. They
often have a high level of self-awareness
and emotional intelligence.
25. • keeping a journal
• writing an autobiography
• working independently
• writing essays
• rewrite a story
26. Existential intelligence involves an
individual's ability to use collective values
and intuition to understand others and the
world around them.
30. Using images, graphs, and spatial understanding
Using sound and music
Using words both in speech and writing
Using body, hand, and sense of touch
31. Everyone has nine intelligences.
You can strengthen intelligence.
MI is meant to empower, not label people.
The MI inventory is meant as a snapshot in
time – it can change.