Multiple intelligences

1. Multiple Intelligences

2. Intelligence:
“An ability to solve
problems and/or
create products.”Dr. Howard Gardner

3. Gardner’s MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
Logical-Mathematical
(logic/number smart) LM
Linguistic
(word smart) L
Spatial
(picture smart) S
Bodily-Kinesthetic
(body smart) BK
Musical
(music smart) M
Interpersonal
(people smart)
Intrapersonal
(self smart)
Naturalist
(nature smart ) N

4. MI “Pie Arrangement”
(Thomas Armstrong)
W or d
Sm ar t
N u m b e r
Sm ar t
Pic t u r e
Sm ar t
Bod y
Sm ar t
M u sic
Sm ar t
Se lf
Sm ar t
Pe op le
Sm ar t
N at u r e
Sm ar t

5. BASIC CRITERIA for Determining an
INTELLIGENCE
O Each intelligence had to be relatively
independent of the others, with its own
timetable for development, peak growth, and
the like.
O Each intelligence had to operate from a
different part of the brain.
O Each intelligence had to be valued
in cultures around the world.

6. O Eachpersonmaypossessall eightintelligences
O Mostpeoplecandevelopeachintelligencetoanadequate
level ofcompetency
O I ntelligencesusuallyworktogetherincomplexand
cooperativeways
O Therearemanywaystoexpressintelligencewithineach
category

7.  Gardner prefers to use the terms “developed” or “less developed”
rather than “strengths” or “weaknesses”
 MI involves our preference for “giving back information” as
opposed to learning styles/preferences for “taking in information”
 The various intelligences are SETS of KNOW-HOW (procedures
for doing things)
“Intelligences are not skills; they are biological
potentials which are realized to a greater or
lesser extent dependent upon each individual’s
opportunities and motivation.”

8. Understanding Multiple Intelligences
O Identifying multiple intelligences is a first
step in getting to know EACH student
O Effective teachers build upon the student’s
strength area to increase another intelligence,
thereby increasing the capacity to learn
O Multiple Intelligences can be partnered with
state standards embedded in conceptual
curriculum

9. What to do
• Seek to understand each child’s
individual personality, preferences,
and gender traits
O Offer sensory-rich opportunities for
increasing human capacity
O Encourage lifelong learning activities

10. THANK YOU