Multiple+Intelligences

 **Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences **

 **Linguistic Intelligence ** This intelligence involves the ability to read, write, and communicate with words. A student may be expected to use their linguistic skills to communicate what they already know or what new information they have learned.

 **Logical & Mathematical Intelligence ** This intelligence requires the ability to look for patterns, reason, and think in a <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">logical manner. It can also be associated with scientific thinking.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Visual & Spatial Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence is the ability to think in pictures and visualize outcomes. Students with this type of intelligence often think in pictures. Physical relationships too and among objects also play a role.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Musical Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence gives a person the ability to make and compose music, sing, and use <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">rhythm to learn. They may also thrive on listening to music while working on other activities.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Bodily & Kinesthetic Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence encompasses the ability to use one's body movements to solve <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">problems. Students who are able to physically interact with and manipulate materials gain a better understanding of concepts.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Interpersonal Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence involves learners to use their social skills and good communication <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">skills with others. They may also show the ability to empathize and understand other <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">people. They tend to work well in groups and are good collaborators.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Intrapersonal Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence is the ability to reflect, analyze, and contemplate problems <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">independently. A person may look inward to assess his or her feelings <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">and motivations. These students are often very aware of what works for them and what doesn’t in the classroom.

<span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Naturalist Intelligence ** <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">This intelligence is the ability to make distinctions in the natural world and the <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; text-align: center;">environment. They excel at outdoor activities and learn best when information relates to the out of doors.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Gardner, H., Kornhaber, M., & Wake, W. (1996). //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Intelligence: Multiple perspectives. //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace.