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• Created by Howard Gardner
• Frames of Mind (1983)
• Not a learning theory
• Experience based education
• People respond differently to different
content
• Strengths in individual learners
•Understanding the order and meaning of words
(semantic and syntax)
• Explaining, teaching, learning, metalanguistics
•Linguistically-based humor
•Convincing others of a course of action
(persuasive writing and speaking)
•Memory and recall
•End States: Storytellers, Orators, Politicians, Poets
Playwrights, Editors and Journalists
•Applications: Journaling, Creative Writing,
Persuasive Essay
•Active imagination
•forming mental images (visualizing)
•finding your way in space
•Graphic Representation
(painting, drawing, sculpting, etc.)
•Recognizing relationships of objects in space
•Mental manipulation of objects
•End States: Hunter, Scout, Guide, Interior
Decorator, Architect, Artist, or Inventor
•Applications: Math Manipulatives, Drawing a
Model to Scale,
• Appreciation for the structure of music and
rhythm
• Sensitivity to sounds and vibration patterns
• Recognition and reproduction of sound,
rhythm, music, tones, and vibration
• End States :Music Critic, Composer,
Performer
•Applications: Learning a Skill by Singing a
song, Learning Morse Code and Using it
•Awareness and expression of different
feelings
•Sense of self: self awareness and self
reflection Transpersonal
• Higher order thinking and reasoning
• End States: Counselors, Psychiatrists,
Ministers
• Applications: Guided imagery, Journals,
Writing a Personal Letter
• Effective verbal and non-verbal communication
•Working cooperatively in a group
• Deep listening to and understanding the
perspective of another
•End States: Counselor, Teacher, Salesperson,
Politician
• Applications: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork,
Group Projects.
• Control of Body Movements
•Mind-body connection
•“Pre-programmed” body movements
•End States: Athletes, Actors, Dancers
•Applications: Role playing, Acting, Roaming
Stations
• Abstract pattern recognition
• Inductive and Deductive reasoning
•Discerning relationships and
connections
•End States: Scientists,
Mathematicians, Accountants,
Statisticians
•Applications: Problem Solving,
Building Models, Graphing Results
•The ability to discriminate between living things
• Valued in consumer ideology and sciences
• Characterized by sensitivity to other features of the
natural world
• PROBLEMS:
• Underdeveloped
• No clear applications to the classroom
• TEACH YOUR STUDENTS USING THE MI PIZZA
• PROVIDE YOU STUDENTS WITH A MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCES ASSESSMENT
• ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP
BY SUGGESTING APPLICATIONS TO YOUR DIFFERENT LESSONS
• DEVELOP YOUR LESSONS IN A MANNER THAT
INCORPORATES ALL 8 OF THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
http://www.multi-intell.com/index.htm
•http://www.harding.edu/~cbr/midemo/mifirst.html
http://www.harding.edu/~cbr/midemo/splash.html