Grade 11 Family Studies
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Start a word document or get out a piece of
loose leaf.
I will ask you to answer questions throughout
this presentation.
 Example: Q1 ….
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All answers should be at least a few
sentences if not a paragraph.
Print out and/or Hand in or Email when you
are finished.
Before you start reading. Answer the following
Questions:
 Q1. What does it mean to be intelligent in our
society?
 Q2. What abilities do schools value and
promote?
 Q3. How do we measure a person's
intelligence?
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Educators use formal intelligence tests to try
to determine the thinking skills of children.
The test results can help teachers, principals,
and learning specialists understand and meet
students’ educational needs.
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The first intelligence test was developed by a
French psychologist, Alfred Binet, in 1905. In
1916, Lewis M. Terman of Stanford University
made a major revision to the Binet test.
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Today the test is commonly called the
Stanford-Binet and it is one of many tests to
measure the intelligence of children.
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By having many children take the test,
Terman created a mathematical formula that
could be used to give a child’s intelligence a
number value. This intelligence quotient or
IQ, is a number obtained by comparing a
person’s test results to that of other children
the same age. The average child of any age
has an IQ between 90 and 110. Those who
score higher or lower than this average are
said to be of higher or lower intelligence.
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Intelligence tests are composed of tasks and
questions. These correspond to the expected
abilities of children at different age levels.
Example: Two-year-olds cannot read. An
intelligence test for them might include
building a tower, and fitting simple geometric
shapes into corresponding holes.
No one test gives an accurate measure of a
child’s mental ability. Also, these tests only
measure one kind of mental ability, ignoring
other kinds.
 A child’s physical or emotional state when taking
the test can affect his or her score. Thus, test
results are not consistent. The same test given to
the same child at two separate times may show
a wide difference in scores.
 The tests don’t tell much about specific abilities.
Two people with the same IQ may have very
different strengths and weaknesses.
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Because of these problems, educators must use
intelligence tests cautiously. Decisions about the
child’s placement in school should not be made
on the basis of one test alone. Today, preschools
and kindergartens are more likely to use
different techniques to gain an overview of a
child’s level of development in all areas, not just
thinking skills. If the child falls outside the norms
of development for his or her age, then an indepth assessment of skills can be done. In this
way, educators can identify problem areas and
plan activities that will help the child.
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In recent years, psychologist Howard Gardner
has advanced a new way of looking at
intelligence. He argues that humans have
multiple intelligences—many different ways
of using the mind and body to experience the
world.
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There are 9 different intelligences. I have
given you a sheet which provides you
which explains 8 of the 9. There is one new
intelligence called “Existential
Intelligence”:
 The ability to be sensitive to, or have the
capacity for, conceptualizing or tackling
deeper or larger questions about human
existence, such as the meaning of life, why
are we born, why do we die, what is
consciousness, or how did we get here.
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Review the different types of intelligence.
Answer the following question in your WORD
document.
 Q4. In which of Gardner’s intelligences do you
believe that you excel? Why?
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Go to P:/Nikki.Dirks/Assignments/Period C
Grade 11 Family Studies
Open the File “Multiple Intelligence Tests”
Complete the first page.
If you are over 16 complete all questions. If you
are under 16 complete red questions only.
Once you are finished, click on the RESULTS
tab to show your results.
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Q5. What are the 4 areas that you are the
most strong according to the test?
Q6. Did this match what you thought in
Question 4? What do you think about that?
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Q7. For each of the following personalities,
explain how you would consider them to be
intelligent using Gardner’s intelligences. You
may find these people display more than one
type.
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The greatest player in the history of the National Basketball
Association, Michael Jordan possessed an intellectual
understanding of the game of basketball. In addition to his
jumping, shooting, running, passing, and guarding skills, Jordan
had an uncanny ability to sense what other players would do
before they did it, and adjust accordingly, even after leaving the
ground. His predictions were based on his understanding of other
players’ skills, tendencies, and personalities. Jordan could also
visualize the geometry of the game, anticipating with great
accuracy where a ball would bounce, how high he would have to
jump, and how fast other players could move into position.
Jordan’s long career required that he re-create himself as his
physical abilities changed with age. As an older player, he couldn’t
jump as high, so he developed a mid-range jump shot to get to the
basket past younger players.
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Mohandas Gandhi’s life was guided by his search for
truth. He believed one could find truth only through
tolerance and concern for others. As a teacher, he
taught others to master fear and to practice
nonviolent solutions to problems. Gandhi developed a
method of direct social action based on nonviolence
and truth that reflected his belief that how one
behaves is more important than what one achieves.
Gandhi’s teachings enjoyed widespread following,
ultimately leading to India's independence from Great
Britain and the beginning of social change.
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After Charles Darwin received a bachelor’s degree in
theology from Cambridge University, he studied medicine
at the University of Edinburgh. In 1836 he was a naturalist
aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, an English science vessel, that
traveled throughout the world. On that expedition, Darwin
found fossils of extinct animals that closely resembled
modern species. On the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific
Ocean, he discovered variations among plants and
animals of the same general type. Back in England
studying his specimens, Darwin noted each organism's
inherited combination of traits. From this work, he
developed his theory of evolution and the idea of natural
selection as a way to explain why some species
disappeared and others changed and survived.
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Oprah Winfrey is best known as host and
producer of her own show, seen by 22 million
viewers a week in the United States and aired in
113 countries. She has won prestigious awards in
broadcasting, as well as the National Book
Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Gold Medal for
her influential contribution to reading and books
through her Oprah Book Club. Viewers trust
Oprah's judgment and suggestions, appreciate
the skill with which she engages others in
discussion, and admire her forthright candor
about her own life and struggles.
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You are finished. Check over your work and
make sure you wrote at least a few sentences
for each answer. Either print off your
document WITH YOUR NAME ON IT and
hand it in to your basket or email it to
nicolette.dirks@7oaks.org.
You may use the rest of this time to either
 A. Catch up on any missed work
 B. Work on your journal for this week. You should
have at least 2-3 handed in by now.