Multiple Intelligences
Mrs. Haertel
Human Behavior
We’ve been lied to about our
Intelligence!
We’ve been told that our
intelligence is fixed and
static at birth
We’ve been
told that our
intelligence is
equal to our
IQ.
We’ve been told that there’s
nothing we can do about the
intelligence we showed
up with-- we’re stuck with it
and must learn to
compensate.
So… what is the
TRUTH??
The truth is that your
intelligence grows, expands
and changes throughout
your entire life.
At any age, and at almost
any ability level, you can
learn to be smarter than you
think you are!
What is Multiple
Intelligences?
Meta-intelligence: thinking about and
studying the different ways people have of
learning and relating to themselves and
others.
Multiple Intelligences: nine ways of relating
to ideas, to ourselves, and to others;
sometimes called the nine ways of being
smart– they are…..
• Verbal/Liguistic
• Logical/Mathematical
• Visual/Spacial
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Existential
• Naturalist
• Musical/Rhythmic
Art/Space Smart
Students are art/space smart when
they:
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Think in pictures and images
Are good with spatial relations
Have a good eye for detail and color
“See” solutions to problems
Learn through visuals
Like to draw and create
Famous people include Georgia
O’Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet,
M.C. Escher
Body Smart
Students are Body Smart
when they:
– Are highly coordinated
– Use gestures and body
language
– Take things apart and fix
them
– Learn through “hands on”
activities
– Enjoy acting and role-playing
– Enjoy dancing and athletics
Famous people include
Mary Lou Retton, Michael
Jordan, Babe Ruth, Monica
Seles.
Logic/Math Smart
Students are Logic/Math
Smart when they:
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Think in numbers, patterns and algorithms
Think clearly and analytically
Learn by appeal to logic
Use abstract symbols
Solve logic problems easily
Are good in Math
Famous people include Albert Einstein,
Bertrand Russell, Marie Currie, Isaac
Newton.
Self Smart
Students are Self smart when they:
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Need time to process information
Think about their own thinking
Have strong opinions and beliefs
Are introspective
Know themselves well
Like quiet time alone
Famous people are St. Thomas
Aquinas, Sigmund Freud, Confucious,
Mohandas Gandhi.
People Smart
Students are people smart when they:
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Make and maintain friends easily
Understand and respect others
Lead and organize others
Resolve conflicts
Learn by interacting with others
Like to work and be with others
Famous people include Mother Theresa,
Winston Churchhill, Martin Luther King
Jr., John F. Kennedy.
Nature Smart
Students are nature smart when they:
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Are aware of their natural surroundings
Discriminate different flora and fauna
Are good at sorting and classifying
Have keen observational skills
Understand natural phenomena
Garden or care for pets or animals
Famous people include Charles Darwin,
Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, Jacques
Cousteau, Henry David Thoreau.
Word Smart
Students are word smart when they:
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Learn through reading, writing, discussing
Communicate effectively
Have a good vocabulary
Write clearly
Spell easily
Think in words
Famous People include William
Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Jane
Austin, Emily Dickinson.
Music Smart
Students are Music Smart when they:
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Have a good sense of rhythm and melody
Like to sing, hum, chant and rap
Enjoy listening to music
Read and write music
Learn through music and lyrics
Enjoy creating music
Famous people include Ludwig van
Beethoven, Madonna, Louis
Armstrong, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart.
Existential Intelligence
Students are Existential Smart when
they:
– Pose questions about life, death and
ultimate realities
Questions may be…
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What was the world like before I was born?
What life might be like on another planet
Where do pets go after they have passed on?
Where animals understand each other
Is there really another Dimension?
Is there the existence of ghosts and spirits?
Famous People include Aristotle, Confucius,
Einstein, Emerson, Plato, Socrates.
Key Points in Multiple
Intelligences Theory
Everyone has all 9 intelligences
Most can develop all 9 to competence
Intelligences usually work together
There are many ways to be intelligent
in each category.