Learning Inventories How Do You Like to Learn?

What is a Learning Inventory? A Learning Inventory is a way to find out how each of us learns best. A man named Howard Gardner said we have 8 different “smarts.” We can have multiple “smarts.” Some are stronger than others, and we might have different “smarts” than our friends have. Everyone is different.

8 Kinds of Smart Word Smart Math Smart Music Smart Body Smart Nature Smart Self Smart People Smart Art Smart

Word Smart You like to: Read and write Tell stories Talk about things

Math Smart You like to: Work with numbers Solve problems Ask HOW and WHY things work the way they do

Music Smart You like to: Listen to music Sing, hum, or play an instrument Clap or tap your foot to rhythms

Body Smart You like to: Play sports Do gymnastics Dance Move around

Nature Smart You like: Plants Animals Being outside

Self Smart You are good at: Knowing a lot about yourself Being by yourself Knowing what you are good at, and what you need to work on

People Smart You like to: Make friends Work in a group Be around people

Art Smart You like to: Draw Paint Take pictures

Here is a short video to help us remember the 8 different types of smart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmW_3ZhQZpc

Let’s See How We Learn Best! Below are 2 links that will help us discover how we learn best. I will hand out printed out versions of them to each of you. We will read the questions together, but answer them separately according to if we like to do the activity or not. http://www.lauracandler.com/free/misurvey  http://images.pcmac.org/SiSFiles/Schools/NC/OnslowCounty/WhiteOakHigh/Uploads/DocumentsCategories/Documents/Learning-Inventory-Elem.doc

What Do My Answers Mean? At the bottom of our 2nd quiz we took, it explains what our answers mean. We will go over our answers together as a class, and discuss how we can use our “smarts” to help us learn better.

Check for Understanding Any questions about the activities/quizzes we completed? What did you like about the quizzes? What did you dislike about them? Are you ready to put your “smarts” to the test?

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