1. Welcome! Please come in and grad a Multiple Intelligence Test.
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2. Discuss with someone near you..
What types of assessments and activities do you use to reinforce and/or verify understanding of course material?

3. Search for your strengths!
Look around the room and find your top 3 highest areas (numbers) and put your name on the post-it boards.

4. Turn and talk: What
this quote mean to you?

5. Multiple Intelligence Theory: What is it?
Intelligence: is the ability to solve a problem or create a product that is valued in a culture/society.
Multiple ways that an individual can prove/display their intelligence.

6. 1) Naturalist Individuals who:
love the outdoors, animals, field trips.
are able to see patterns and relationships in nature and life.
are strong in categorizing and classifying objects of all kinds.
are concerned with environmental issues.

7. Naturalist Preferred ways to learn:
Learning outside (not in a classroom—this can be in the job/field of expertise)
Labs
Hands on learning
Loves interacting with plants and animals

8. 2) Musical (Rhythmic) Individuals who:
learn well through songs, patterns, and rhythms,
Talented with instruments and musical expression such as dance or performance arts.
learn best through movement and creative expression.

9. 2) Musical (Rhythmic) Preferred ways to learn:
Through creative expression (dance, music, writing, etc.)
Putting information to music
Movement or hands-on activities

10. 3) Logical (Mathematical)
Individuals who:
Display an aptitude for numbers, reasoning and problem solving.
Needs a logical teaching sequence
Excels when able to use scientific reasoning and deduction
Understands relationship between cause and effect toward a tangible outcome or result

11. Logical (Mathematical)
Preferred ways to learn:
Through logic problems, rhetoric, or puzzles
Problem solving
Recording information on graphs, time lines, or maps
Conducting surveys

12. 4) Existentialist Individuals who:
learn best when able to conceptualize the content in the “bigger picture” or are able to see the “bigger picture” surrounding an issue or topic.
enjoy tackling deeper or larger questions about life.

13. Existentialist Preferred ways to learn: Discussion
Reflection/Journaling
Cause and effect activities or perspectives

14. 5) Interpersonal Individuals who:
Are noticeably people oriented and outgoing
Usually more aware of other people’s needs and moods
Are usually identified as “talkative” or “too concerned about being social”
Good at solving conflict between other people

15. Interpersonal Preferred ways to learn:
Group projects or activities—anything with a partner.
Discussion/Debates
Problem Solving (social issues)

16. 6) Kinesthetic (Bodily)
Individuals who:
Need to move.
Aware of the world through touch and movement
Were probably labeled “overly active” in traditional classrooms where they were told to sit and be still.
Usually excels in sports or other subjects that require bodily control.

17. 6) Kinesthetic (Bodily)
Preferred ways to learn:
Activities or games involving movement
hands-on or building tasks
Sports
Acting/skits
Remembers things best by physically performing a task.

18. 7) Verbal (Linguistic) Individuals who:
Demonstrate strength in language arts: speaking, writing, reading, and listening.
Can manipulate words—through wit or rhetoric
Understands relationships between communication and meaning

19. Verbal (Linguistic) Preferred ways of learning:
Reading and writing in a variety of genres
Speeches or Oral Presentations
Performances Debate/Discussion
Word games/activities
Peer editing
Memorizes information by writing things down

20. 8) Intrapersonal Individuals who:
Are self-motivated and reflective (in touch with their own feelings, values and ideas).
Usually watch and listen—taking in a conversation rather than contributing to it.
May tend to be more reserved

21. 8) Intrapersonal Preferred ways of learning:
Prefers to work alone but they are actually quite intuitive about what they learn and how it relates to themselves.
Reflection/journaling activities
Can excel when given deadlines in advance in order to pace themselves

22. 9) Visual (Spatial) Individuals who: Usually doodle and design.
“See” things differently in their minds, and they recognize spatial relationships.
Can picture/draw something based on a description or their own understand of a concept.

23. 9) Visual (Spatial) Preferred ways of learning:
learn best visually and organizing things spatially.
They like to see what you are talking about in order to understand.
Charts, graphs, maps, tables, illustrations, art puzzles, and costumes
Videos and visual images with content are most helpful.

25. References:
Bas, G. & Beyhan, O. (2010). Effects of multiple intelligences supported project-based learning on students’ achievement levels and attitudes towards English lesson. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2(3),
Bas, G. (2016). The effect of multiple intelligences theory-based education on academic achievement: a meta-analytic review. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practices, 16,
Hoerr, T. R. (2000) Becoming a multiple intelligences school. Alexandria, Va: Association for Supervision and Curriculum. Retrieved from
Northern Illinois University. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Retrieved from