Multiple Intelligences and Academic Excellence
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Top of Form | | Multiple Intelligences and Academic ExcellenceMultiple Intelligences is Howard Gardner’s psychological theory about people and their different types of intelligences (logical, visual, musical, etc.). There are seven Intelligences that each person has. A person may be has two or more dominant intelligences, and maybe there are some person have a balance intelligence for the seven intelligences.Howard Gardner initially formulated a list of seven intelligences. His listing was provisional. The first two have been typically valued in schools; the next three are usually associated with the arts; and the final two are what Howard Gardner called 'personal intelligences’. The types of Multiple Intelligence. Visual/Spatial Intelligence Ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.Their skills include:puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images.Possible career interests:Navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers, mechanics, engineers | | Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence Ability to use words and language. These learners have highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers. They think in words rather than pictures.Their skills include:listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing some one of their point of view, analyzing language usage.Possible career interests:Poet, journalist, writer,
Top of Form | | Multiple Intelligences and Academic ExcellenceMultiple Intelligences is Howard Gardner’s psychological theory about people and their different types of intelligences (logical, visual, musical, etc.). There are seven Intelligences that each person has. A person may be has two or more dominant intelligences, and maybe there are some person have a balance intelligence for the seven intelligences.Howard Gardner initially formulated a list of seven intelligences. His listing was provisional. The first two have been typically valued in schools; the next three are usually associated with the arts; and the final two are what Howard Gardner called 'personal intelligences’. The types of Multiple Intelligence. Visual/Spatial Intelligence Ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.Their skills include:puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images.Possible career interests:Navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers, mechanics, engineers | | Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence Ability to use words and language. These learners have highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers. They think in words rather than pictures.Their skills include:listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing some one of their point of view, analyzing language usage.Possible career interests:Poet, journalist, writer,
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