Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

1. Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

2. "Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problemsand create products of value in one's own culture."-Dr. Howard Gardner

3. A new one-still under research

4. IQ Testing • Early history: Alfred Binet • Group testing • Controversy over testing- Standardized testing has always been dogged by controversy. Some feel it’s culturally biased, while others feel that it discriminates against people who have comprehension problems unrelated to their general intelligence (e.g., non-native English speakers, people with learning disabilities like dyslexia, etc.)

5. IQ Increases with Age • IQ tests: benefits and flaws- IQ tests give middle-class white children an advantage over those who come from other cultures or lower socioeconomic classes • Mental age over chronological age divided by 100 = IQ • Most people score near 100 • Statistically, three out of 100 who take an IQ test will score above 130, and three will score below 70

6. Traditional IQ tests don’t measure all forms of intelligence; the tests make almost no provisions for any form of linguistic, artistic, or mechanical ability. A new wave of educators and psychologists have tried to redefine what intelligence actually involves and have devised a new way to test intelligence. Getting Smart About IQ (Intelligence Quotient)

7. What Traditional IQ Tests Measure • 1.Verbal, • 2. logical • 3. mathematical (all left-brain skills)

8. Multiple Intelligences • Howard Gardner • Lots of successful people do not do well on regular IQ tests • Gardner also criticized traditional intelligence tests for questioning people on things that require prior knowledge or information because this only tests a narrow range of abilities. • many smart and successful people do not do well on traditional IQ tests because their particular “intelligence” is not tested on the IQ Test

9. IQ Tests v. Gardner’s Test • Where IQ tests test for just 2 intelligences, Gardner tests for 8 intelligences • Time will tell. These are the paths to children's learning teachers can address in their classrooms right now. They are:

10. 8 Ways to Be Smart • God placed different abilities in different parts of the brain • The concepts of “smart” and “stupid” do not make sense • You can be “smart” in one thing and “stupid” in something else • Gardner’s multiple intelligences

11. Take the Test • Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Test

12. Intelligence #1: Verbal/Linguistic (“WORD SMART”) • learning through the spoken and written word. • This intelligence was always valued in the traditional classroom and in traditional IQ tests.

13. Intelligence #2: Logical/Mathematical (Logic Smart • learning through reasoning and problem solving. • This intelligence was always valued in the traditional classroom • Both critics and supporters admit that IQ tests measure this ability well

14. On Different Wavelengths

15. High SAT Scores

16. Comparisons

17. Intelligence #3: Spatial/Visual (Picture Smart) • Sculptors and painters can accurately perceive, manipulate, and re-create forms • Just as they might not do well on an IQ test, a high-IQ person might not be able to manipulate or recreate forms using paint or clay.

18. Intelligence #4: Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart) • Good body control and skilled handling of objects • Mechanics, dancers, athletes

19. Intelligence #5: Musical (Music Smart) • Like language, music is a way to express oneself • people with good musical intelligence often have good mathematical intelligence because musical scales and musical notations are highly mathematical.

20. Intelligence #6: Interpersonal (People Smart) • Skilled at reading the moods and intentions of others • Politicians tend to possess this type of intelligence • Obama is considered a great communicator

21. Intelligence #7: Intrapersonal (Self Smart) • An emotional intelligence • People who have an great understanding of their own feelings and use that insight to guide their behavior • A case of polio left FDR unable to walk, yet he overcame this obstacle and won the presidency in 1932. The strength he used to overcome the crippling effects of polio helped him guide the nation through two of its most difficult times: the Great Depression and World War II.

22. Intelligence #8:NATURALIST (Nature Smart) • Understanding nature • Making distinctions between identifying different types of plants, animals, landforms and trees

23. Can Intelligence Be Increased ? • Parents have a responsibility to provide a rich environment; so do schools • Even simply spending quality time with a child can make all the difference in the world. • Tutoring and enrichment programs can also help • “si Dios quiere” ask Him to increase your intelligence in an area- “todo es posible con Dios”

24. The New Intelligence? EXISTENTIAL • learning by seeing the "big picture": • "Why are we here?" • "What is my role in the world?" • "What is my place in my family, school and community?" • This intelligence seeks connections to real world understandings and applications of new learning.

25. Applications to Teachers • Teachers are now working on assimilating this knowledge into their strategies for helping children learn. • While it is too early to tell all the ramifications for this research, it is clear that the day is past where educators teach the text book and it is the dawn of educators teaching each child according to their orientation to the world.

26. Website w/ links for each intelligence • http://surfaquarium.com/Mi/intelligences.htm