Howard Gardner's Frames Of Mind

Howard Gardner, is an American Psychologist who changed the way that intelligence is studied, with his multiple intelligences theory. In this theory, Gardner proposed that there are “frames of mind,” which allow individuals to have different views about the world and ways of being smart. As a result, each frame of mind is different and an independent type of intelligence. In 1999, Gardner decided that there are eight, (nine tentatively,) different frames of mind, including: linguistic, logical/mathematical, spatial, musical, body-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and existential. For the purpose of this essay, I will focus on the verbal/linguistic, body-kinesthetic, and logical/mathematical frames of mind.

First, I will explain and provide a real-world example of linguistic intelligence. The main characteristic of linguistic intelligence is scoring high in the ability to read and write well. People who have a high level of linguistic intelligence, typically
When this theory first developed, teachers began tailoring the way they taught to a child’s specific intelligence. Although this may make sense, researchers believed that while their highest scoring frame of mind was continuing to be worked, the others were not and therefore, their scores were decreasing. In addition, researchers find the number of multiple intelligences to be controversial, as the qualifications are not clear. For this reason, it is debated as to why “humor” and “romantic” intelligence is not considered a frame of mind when body-kinesthetic, simply athletic talent is. Howard Gardner, although he may have changed the way intelligence is studied and thought about, created a theory with reasonable criticisms, meaning that it should not be heavily relied