Jacqueline Burns Global Mathematics Consultant Amman, Jordan 24 February 2018

1. 8 Kinds of Smart:
Identifying and
developing the multiple
intelligences in young
learners
Jacqueline Burns
Global Mathematics Consultant
Amman, Jordan
24 February 2018

2. Which kinds of smart are YOU?
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3. 8 Kinds of Smart: Multiple Intelligences
Today’s Agenda
• Part 1 from 9:30-11:30 PM
• Break 11:30-12:00 PM
• Part 2 from 12:00-2:00 PM

4. The Evolution of Learning Styles: From VAK to MI

5. • Dr. Gardner is a pioneer in the
interdisciplinary study of the human brain, he
focused much of his early research on the
artistic development of those who had
suffered traumatic brain injury.
• His profound work in these areas in the 1970s
and 1980s became the foundation for his
transformative theory of multiple
intelligences and its implications for
education.

6. It’s not IF you are smart…
it’s HOW you are smart!

7. The Multiple Intelligences: Overview
• Verbal-Linguistic - You probably like writing, telling, or
reading stories, poetry, songs, or essays. Effective study
strategies using your language intelligence include
reading, oral reading or acting, making notes, copying
chunks of text, mnemonics, and making a note of ideas or
reflections on what you have read.
• Mathematical-Logical - You have a strong aptitude for
numbers, logic, and reasoning. You tend to think like a
scientist, and numbers seem easy and sensible to you.
Study strategies include organizing notes in an outline,
categorizing information, and using mnemonic devices.
• Musical-Rhythmic - You learn best through song, rhyme,
rhythm and sound. Effective study techniques will
incorporate these preferences into your lessons. You
could try using a familiar tune to remember spelling,
processes, formulae, or historical events by making up
lyrics.

8. The Multiple Intelligences: Overview
• Visual-Spatial - You probably remember best in pictures
or images. Making charts, graphic organizers, posters,
slideshows, videos, or photo collages work for you as a
learning strategy.
• Bodily-Kinesthetic - You probably enjoy being on the go
as much as possible. Since you would rather learn by
doing, the most effective study strategies are those which
incorporate body movement or hands-on activities into a
project.
• Interpersonal - You tend to have good social skills and are
good at both verbal and nonverbal communication.
Effective techniques for enhancing your education using
your social intelligence skills include taking part in group
or team projects, discussions, book clubs, literature
groups, or study groups.

9. The Multiple Intelligences: Overview
• Intrapersonal - You are self-aware and comfortable
spending time alone. Effective study techniques will
incorporate solitary projects, writing in a journal, or
analytical writing. When studying history, events or
people, a powerful study technique might be role playing
or examining different points of view.
• Naturalist – You probably care deeply about nature,
whether your focus is rocks, trees, birds, animals, flowers
or even meteorology. You love to be outdoors, are
nurturing and probably like to look after animals or grow
plants. Effective study techniques will encompass projects
that can be tied into the environment or the natural
world. This includes using photographs, drawings, or
observations to augment a project.

10. The Evolution of Education in Jordan

11. Can you guess their Multiple Intelligence Strength(s)?

12. Mathematics and MI
Multiplication
• musical-rhythmic
• bodily-kinesthetic
• visual-spatial
• verbal-linguistic
• mathematical-logical
• interpersonal
• intrapersonal
• naturalist

13. Musical intelligence and mathematics
Schoolhouse Rock!
• American program series of
animated musical educational
short films and videos that aired
during the Saturday morning
children's programming on
television.
• grammar, science, economic,
history, mathematics and civics
• 1973 to 1985
Multiplying by Fives

14. Why use manipulatives?
Concrete.
The “doing” stage using
concrete objects to model
problems
Representational.
The “seeing” stage using
representations of the objects
to model problems
Abstract.
The “symbolic” stage using
abstract symbols to model
problems

15. Multiple intelligences
and mathematics

16. Multiple Intelligence Math Task Packets
Group Task
• Work through, draw, and/or discuss the activities on the Multiple
Intelligence card and the other materials in the packet
Questions to consider:
• Which activity surprised me?
• What would this look like in student work?
• What modification(s), if any, would I make?
• What materials would I need?

17. Patterns, Algebra and Algebra Readiness
The Mystery Number

18. The Four Operations:
Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide
How could you incorporate the
multiple intelligences into a lesson
on
• addition?
• subtraction?
• multiplication?
• division?
• fractions?
• measurement?
• word problems?

19. Learning Activities That Connect With
Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart)
• Completing crossword puzzles with vocabulary words
• Playing games like Scrabble, Scrabble Junior, or Boggle
• Writing short stories for a classroom newsletter
• Creating poems for a class poetry book
• Entering their original poems in a poetry contest
• Studying the habits of good speakers
• Telling a story to the class

20. Learning Activities That Connect With Logical-
Mathematical Intelligence (Math Smart)
• Playing math games like mancala, dominoes, chess, checkers, and Monopoly
• Searching for patterns in the classroom, school, outdoors, and home
• Conducting experiments to demonstrate science concepts
• Using math and science software such as Math Blaster, which reinforces math skills,
or King's Rule, a logic game
• Using science tool kits for science programs
• Designing alphabetic and numeric codes
• Making up analogies

21. Learning Activities That Connect With Spatial
Intelligence (Picture Smart)
• Using puppets to act out and reinforce concepts learned in class
• Using maps to study geographical locations discussed in class
• Taking photographs for assignments and classroom newsletters
• Taking photographs for the school newsletter, or science assignments
• Using clay or play dough to make objects or represent concepts from
content-area lessons
• Using pictorial models such as flow charts, visual maps, Venn
diagrams, and timelines to connect new material to known
information

22. Learning Activities That Connect With Musical
Intelligence (Music Smart)
• Writing their own songs and music about content-area topics
• Putting original poems to music, and then performing them for the class
• Incorporating a poem they have written with a melody they already know
• Listening to music from different historical periods
• Using rhythm and clapping to memorize math facts and other content-
area information
• Listening to CDs that teach concepts like the alphabet, parts of speech,
and states and capitals (i.e. Schoolhouse Rock!)

23. Learning Activities That Connect With
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (Body Smart)
• Creating costumes for role-playing, skits, or simulations
• Performing skits or acting out scenes from books or key historical events
• Designing props for plays and skits
• Using charades to act out characters in a book, vocabulary words, animals, or
other content-area topics
• Participating in scavenger hunts, searching for items related to a theme or unit
• Acting out concepts. For example, "student planets" circle around a "student sun"
or students line up appropriately to demonstrate events in a history time line
• Building objects using blocks, cubes, or Legos to represent concepts from
content-area lessons

24. Learning Activities That Connect With
Interpersonal Intelligence (People Smart)
• Working in cooperative groups to design and complete projects
• Working in pairs to learn math facts
• Interviewing people with knowledge about content-area topics (such as a soldier
to learn about a recent war, a lab technician to learn about life science, or a
politician to understand the election process)
• Tutoring younger students or classmates
• Using puppets to put on a puppet show

25. Learning Activities That Connect With
Intrapersonal Intelligence (Self Smart)
• Writing reflective papers on content-area topics
• Writing essays from the perspective of historical figures, such as Civil War soldiers
or suffragettes
• Writing a literary autobiography, reflecting on their reading life
• Writing goals for the future and planning ways to achieve them
• Keeping journals or logs throughout the year
• Making a scrapbook for their poems, papers, and reflections

26. Learning Activities That Connect With
Naturalistic Intelligence (Nature Smart)
• Caring for classroom plants
• Caring for classroom pets
• Sorting and classifying natural objects, such as leaves and rocks
• Researching animal habitats
• Observing natural surroundings
• Organizing or participating in park/playground clean-ups, recycling drives, and
beautification projects

27. Multiple Intelligences Lessons
Your Task:
• Work through a grade-specific task according to the directions
• Include at least one math manipulative
• Add at least one additional multiple intelligence to the lesson
Questions to consider:
• What would this look like in my students’ work?
• How would I modify this task?

28. Exploring Math Manipulatives
Manipulatives for Consideration
• Counters
• Connecting cubes
• Base ten counters
• Number line
• Random number generator (number cubes)
• Spinners
• Tape measure
• Number board 1-100

29. Multiple Intelligences: Next Steps
• Observe your learners’ MI strengths
• Identify/remember your MI
strengths
• Amend your style of delivery to
support the learners
• Accommodate and challenge your
learners

30. Q&A / Comments
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