1. Learning Preferences/ Multiple Intelligences
Career Management Objective 1.01
Learning Preferences/ Multiple Intelligences

2. The 9 Intelligences: Verbal-Linguistic Mathematical-Logical Musical
Visual-Spatial
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist
Existential

4. Theory
All human beings possess ALL NINE intelligences in varying amounts.
The multiple intelligences can be nurtured and strengthened or ignored and weakened.

5. Purpose of Multiple Intelligence Tests:
When students understand the balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin:
To manage their own learning
To value their individual strengths

6. Verbal-linguistic: Behaviors Writes/tells stories Enjoys word games
Effective speaker
Careers:
Author
Journalist
Lawyer
Public speaker
Famous Linguistics:
Abraham Lincoln
Tom Clancy
Ways to improve this intelligence:
Read… a lot!
Practice speaking in public
Write a poem or story

7. Logical-Mathematical:
Behaviors
Often asks questions
Enjoys number/logic games
Organizes
Careers:
Accountant
Computer Programmer
Engineer
Scientist
Famous Logicians:
Albert Einstein
John Maynard Keynes, economist
Ways to improve this intelligence:
Predict the ending to movies/stories
Play games involving patterns
Practice math word problems

8. Visual-Spatial Behaviors Draws or builds models
Enjoys or builds models
Is able to visualize things easily
Careers:
Illustrator
Artist
Architect
Craftsman
Famous Visualists:
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Walt Disney, cartoonist
Ways to improve intelligence:
Draw a picture from memory
Illustrate a story
Build a model of someplace

9. Bodily-Kinesthetic Behaviors Plays sports Enjoys physical games
Uses hands or body while talking
Careers:
Dancer
Actor
Sculptor
Athlete/Coach
Famous Kinesthetists:
Michael Jordan, pro basketball player
Alvin Ailey, choreographer
Ways to improve this intelligence:
Take a dance class
Play a sport
Exercise

10. Musical Behaviors Can sing or play an instrument
Enjoys musical or rhythmic games
Appreciates classical music
Careers:
Composer
Singer
Music critic
Famous Musicians:
Eric Clapton, guitarist
John Williams, composer and director
Ways to improve this intelligence:
listen for the rhythm of natural sounds
Practice playing an instrument

11. Interpersonal Behaviors Makes friends easily Enjoys interaction games
Shows leadership
Careers:
Politician
Teacher
Psychologist
Evangelist
Famous Interpersonalists:
Sigmund Freud, psychologist
John F. Kennedy, U.S. President
Ways to improve this intelligence:
concentrate on people’s body language
Play role-playing games

12. Intrapersonal Behaviors Follows hunches or instincts
Enjoys individual games
Expresses confidence in self
Careers:
Counselor
Social worker
Religious leader
Famous Intrapersonalists:
Mother Teresa, missionary
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ways to improve this intelligence:
Start a diary
Concentrate on your feelings during the day

13. Naturalist Behaviors Likes animals Enjoys outdoor games
Effective speaker
Careers:
Zoologist
Conservationist
Park Ranger
Famous Intrapersonalists:
Charles Darwin, biologist
Diane Fossey, primate researcher
Ways to improve this intelligence:
Start a collection of bugs & leaves
Go camping or hiking for a weekend
Get a pet