USE YOUR BRAIN –
Or Your Smarts!
Adapted from: www.gallaudet.edu/documents/academic/.../mi.
Who is intelligent?
8 Kinds of Smarts or Intelligences
1.
Word Smart or Linguistic
2. Logic Smart or Logical/ Mathematical
3. Image Smart or Spatial
4. Body Smart or Bodily/ Kinesthetic
5. Sound Smart or Musical
6. People Smart or Interpersonal
7. Self Smart of Intrapersonal
8. Nature Smart or Naturalistic
Can you define intelligence?
Albert Einstein
Logical/ Mathematical
Intelligence
• Skilled with numbers &
reasoning
• “The Questioner”
Can you define intelligence?
Cy Young
Bodily/ Kinesthetic
Intelligence
• Physical skill
• “The Mover”
Can you define intelligence?
James A. Garfield
Interpersonal Intelligence
• Skills of social
understanding
• “The Socializer”
Can you define intelligence?
Helen Keller
Intrapersonal Intelligence
• Skills of self-knowledge
• “The Individual”
Can you define intelligence?
Sacagawea
Naturalistic Intelligence
• Skills of making
connection to elements
in nature
• “The Outdoorsman”
Word Smart or Linguistic
If you have strong linguistic intelligence
you might learn better by
• Reading
• Memorizing
• Playing word games (Words With Friends, Anagrams)
• Making up rhymes
Logic Smart or
Logical/Mathematical Learner
If you have strong logical-mathematical
intelligence you might learn better by
• Recording information systematically
• Setting up experiments (“What if…?”)
• Playing strategy games (Chess, Checkers)
• Analyzing data
• Asking logical questions
Image Smart or Spatial Learner
If you have strong spatial intelligence you
might learn better by
• Studying pictures
• Watching videos
• Using visual, tangible aids
• Doing mazes, puzzles
• Playing Minecraft?
Body Smart or
Bodily/Kinesthetic Learner
If you have strong bodily-kinesthetic
intelligence you might learn better by
• Constructing models, using your hands
• Exercising while reviewing
• Going on fieldtrips to museums, parks...
• Asking logical questions
Sound Smart or Musical Learner
If you have strong musical intelligence you
might learn better by
• Listening to recordings
• Talking to yourself
• Making up songs
• Mentally repeating information
• Reading aloud
People Smart or
Interpersonal Learner
If you have strong interpersonal
intelligence you might learn better by
• Studying in groups
• Comparing information with others
• Doing cooperative projects
• Relating personal experiences
• Being a team player
Self Smart or
Intrapersonal Learner
If you have strong intrapersonal
intelligence you might learn better by
• Avoiding distractions
• Establishing personal goals
• Playing solitary games
• Setting own pace
• Working alone
Nature Smart or
Naturalistic Learner
If you have strong naturalistic intelligence
you might learn better by
• Studying outside
• Learning in the presence of plants & pets
• Relating environmental issues to topics
• Smelling, seeing touching, tasting,
• Observing natural phenomenon
Making a Prediction
• Which smart is your
strongest? Draw a heart by
that Smart.
• Which Smart will receive
your lowest score? Draw a
small smiley face by that
Smart.
Ebeling, Gallaudet University
3/23/2016
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