Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner (Seven) Plus One Extend the definition of intelligence Intelligence has to do with solving problems and fashioning products in a context–rich and natural setting Intelligence: “The ability to solve a problem or create a product that is valued in at least one culture or community.”

Linguistic: Linguistic Intelligence: The capacity to use words effectively, whether orally (e.g., as a storyteller) or in writing (e.g., as a poet or journalist). This intelligence includes the ability to use language to convince others, to remember information and to explain ideas and understandings.

Linguistic Written description of investigations Journal entries Audio cassette recordings Letters Essays Reports Reading logs Different domains of writing Anecdotal records Evaluation of oral language presentations Student profile

Logical/Mathematical Logical-Mathematical Intelligence: The capacity to use numbers effectively (e.g., as a mathematician or accountant) and to reason well (e.g., as a scientist or computer programmer). Logical-mathematical intelligence is called upon for activities involving categorization, classification, inference, generalization, calculation, and hypothesis testing.

Logical-Mathematical Graphic representations Diagrams of problem solving process Checklists Traditional tests—variety of formats Worksheets Charts Skill checklists Problem solving

Spatial Spatial Intelligence: The ability to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately (e.g., having a strong sense of location and direction) and to perform transformations upon those perceptions (e.g., as an interior decorator, architect, or artist). It includes the capacity to visualize and to graphically represent visual or spatial ideas.

Spatial Graphic Organizer Puzzles Picture cards Photos Any and all artistic representations “Learning Quilts” Visualization Drawing Videos/Slide shows Drawings

Musical Musical Intelligence: The capacity to perceive, discriminate, transform (e.g., as a composer), and express (e.g., as a performer) musical forms. This intelligence includes sensitivity to the rhythm, melody, and timbre of a musical piece. One can have an intuitive understanding of music, a formal understanding, or both.

Musical Songs, raps, jingles, chants (student written and performed) Poems Limericks Riddles

Bodily/Kinesthetic Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence: The ability to use one's whole body to express ideas and feelings (e.g., as an actor, an athlete, or a dancer) and the facility to use one's hands to produce or transform things (e.g., as a craftsperson, mechanic, or surgeon). This intelligence includes skills, such as coordination, balance, dexterity, strength, flexibility, and speed.

Bodily-Kinesthetic Video of plays Readers theatre Role-playing Games designed by students All whole-body activities

Interpersonal Interpersonal Intelligence: The ability to perceive the moods, intentions, motivations, and feelings of other people. This can include sensitivity to many different kinds of interpersonal cues; and the ability to respond to those cues in some useful way (e.g., to influence a group of people).

Interpersonal Photos or videos of students working in cooperative learning groups Recording of group discussions Projects that show student’s “Group Smart” Group Reports

Intrapersonal Intrapersonal Intelligence: Self-knowledge and the ability to act on the basis of that knowledge. This intelligence includes having an accurate picture of one's strengths and limitations and the capacity for self-discipline, self-understanding, and self-esteem.

Intrapersonal Evidence of self-reflection and self-knowledge Journal entries Imagery drawings Questionnaires on attitudes toward a particular assignment or content area

Naturalist + One Students learn best when all that is to be learned is connected to nature, the real world, and their cultural context

Naturalist Observations journals Collections Classification system Scrapbook All assignments which connect the concept/skill to be learned to nature, the real world, and their cultural context