Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner
It’s not how smart we are;
It’s how we are smart.
Intelligence
 Definition- aptitude (the
ability to learn)
 Multiple Intelligences
explain how we learn
Visual/Spatial
 Thinks in 3-D
 Pictures in mind
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imagination
 Hand-eye
relationship
 Design/color
Visual/Spatial
 Occupations
 Famous People
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 L. da Vinci
 Picasso
 Frank Lloyd
Wright
 Bobby Fischer
 I.M.Pei
 Auguste Rodin
sailors
sculptors/painters
engineers
pilots
designers
architects
surgeons
Logical/Mathematical
 Reasons
 Analyzes
 Uses logic
 Uses numbers
 Problem-solving
 Sees patterns
Logical/Mathematical
 Occupations
 Famous People
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Mathematician
Scientist
Accountant/Banker
Inventor
Detective
Engineer
Programmer
Albert Einstein
Stephan Hawking
Agatha Christie
Carl Sagan
Bodily/Kinesthetic
 Activity/motion
 Hands-on
 Experimental
 Manipulate
 Participate
 Body language
Bodily/Kinesthetic
 Occupations
 Athlete
 Dancer/Actor
 Performer
 Physical
Therapist
 Coach
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Famous People
Marcel Marceau
Michael Jordan
Babe Ruth
Kristy
Yamaguchi
 Jackie JoynerKersey
Naturalist
 Nature
 Classification
 Flora/Fauna
 Patterns
 Environment
 Sorting
 Memory
Naturalist
 Occupations
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Biologist
Zoologist
Artists
Environmentalist
Landscaper
Game warden
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Famous People
Charles Darwin
John Audubon
Meriwether
Lewis
 Carl Sagan
Verbal/Linguistic
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Reading/Writing
Debate/Speech
Word puzzles
Spelling/Vocab
Languages
Listening
Verbal/Linguistics
 Occupations
 Writer
 Speaker
 Actor
 Teachers
 Attorneys
 Politicians
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Famous People
Abraham Lincoln
Jerry Seinfeld
Martin L. King
T.S. Eliot
Hemingway
Musical/Rhythmic
 Singing
 Playing
instruments
 Rhythms/beats
 Composing
 Sound
 Pitch
Musical/Rhythmic
 Occupations
 Composers
 Conductors
 Singers
 DJ
 Producer
 Musicians
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Famous People
Henry Mancini
Paul McCartney
Mozart
Luciano Pavarotti
Igor Stravinsky
Leonard
Bernstein
Intrapersonal
 Self-reflection
 “Know Thyself”
 Journaling
 Emotional
Processing
 Concentration
 Focusing
Intrapersonal
 Occupations
 Famous People
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Psychologist
Researcher
Elite Athlete
Author
Philosopher
Explorer
Socrates
Emily Dickinson
Sigmund Freud
Marie Montessori
Plato
Interpersonal
 Cooperative
Groups
 Collaboration
 Sensing/Intuiting
others feelings
 Uses feedback
 Empathy
Interpersonal
 Occupations
 Teacher
 Salespeople
 Social worker
 Counselor
 Doctor/Nurse
 Psychiatrist
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Famous People
Mother Theresa
Barbara Walters
Mahatma
Gandhi
 Jimmy Carter
 Larry King
Overview
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Verbal/Linguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Musical/Rhythmic
Naturalist
Visual/Spatial
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Bodily/Kinesthetic
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Word smart
logic smart
music smart
classifying smart
art smart
self smart
people smart
body smart
Multiple Intelligences
 Everyone has all eight of them.
 There are many ways to be “smart” in
any one intelligence.
 They are not often isolated and usually
work together.
 With work, most people can become
reasonably competent in all
intellgences.
Assessment web sites
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Accelerated learning
21st Century Schoolhouse
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