Teaching to the Multiple Intelligences: Enhancing Student Learning and Motivation

1. Who = Most Intelligent? 1 Vote. • Maya Angelou • Oprah Winfrey • Jacques Cousteau • Michelle Obama • Michael Jordan • Pablo Picasso • Madonna • Albert Einstein

2. Teaching to the Multiple Intelligences-Notes- Intelligence is the ability to solve problems that face you in life and produce things that are of value to your culture. -Dr. Howard Gardner

3. The 8 Multiple Intelligences • 1. Linguistic • 2. Logical/ Mathematic • 3. Visual/Spatial • 4. Musical • 5. Bodily Kinesthetic • 6. Interpersonal • 7. Intrapersonal • 8. Naturalist

4. How are these different than learning styles? • Take Inventory!

5. Everyone possesses all 8 intelligences to some degree. Most people can develop competence in all 8. The intelligences usually work together and there are many ways to be intelligent in each. Incorporating activities that address the 8 identified intelligences is an important strategy teachers can use to increase student learning and motivation.

6. Verbal/Linguistic Consists of the ability to think in words and to use language to express complex meanings. Authors, poets, journalists, speakers, and newscasters exhibit high degrees of linguistic intelligence. Examples: Likes to talk, read, write, tell stories; is good at written communication, oral communication, memorizing (names, places, dates, trivia); learns best by reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

7. Logical/Mathematical: Makes it possible to calculate, quantify, consider propositions and hypotheses, and carry out complex mathematical operations. Scientists, mathematicians, accountants, engineers, and computer programmers all demonstrate strong mathematical intelligence. Examples: Likes to do experiments, figure things out, work with numbers, ask questions, explore relationships and patterns; is good at math, science, reasoning, logic, problem-solving; learns best by working with numbers, working with abstract patterns, classifying, categorizing.

8. Visual/Spatial Instills the capacity to think in three-dimensional ways, as do sailors, pilots, sculptors, painters, and architects. It enables one to perceive external and internal imagery to recreate, transform, or modify images, to navigate oneself and objects through space, and to produce or decode graphic information. Examples:Likes to draw, build, design and create things, daydream, look at pictures, watch movies, play with machines; is good at visual arts, imagining things, sensing changes, mazes/puzzles, reading maps, charts; learns best by working with images, spatial organization, visualizing/imagining, drawing.

9. Bodily/Kinesthetic Enables one to manipulate objects and fine-tune physical skills. It is evident in athletes, dancers, surgeons, and craftspeople. Examples: Likes to move around, touch and talk, use body language; is good at physical activities (sports, dancing, acting), hands on projects; learns best by processing knowledge through bodily sensations, creative dramatics, dance

10. Musical Evident in individuals who possess a sensitivity to pitch, melody, rhythm, and tone. Those demonstrating this intelligence include composers, conductors, musicians, critics, instrument makers, as well as sensitive listeners. Examples: Likes to sing, hum, tap, listen to music, play an instrument, respond to music; is good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitches/rhythms, keeping time; learns best by rhythm, melody, patterned sound, songs, rap, dance, background music.

11. Interpersonal The capacity to understand and interact effectively with others. It is evident in successful teachers, social workers, actors, or politicians. Examples: likes to have lots of friends, talk to people, join groups; is good at understanding people, leading others, organizing, communicating, manipulating, mediating conflicts; learns best by sharing, comparing, relating, cooperating, interviewing, teaching.

12. Intrapersonal The ability to understand yourself, know who you are, what you can do, what you want to do, how you react to things, which things to avoid, and which things to gravitate toward – and use this knowledge in planning and directing one’s life. Some individuals with strong intrapersonal intelligence include theologians, psychologists and philosophers. Examples: likes to work alone, pursue own interests, reflect on feelings and emotions; is good at understanding self, focusing inward on feelings/dreams, following intuition, pursuing goals, being original; learns best by working alone, working intuitively, individualized projects, self-paced instruction, having own space.

13. Naturalist Consists of observing patterns in nature, identifying and classifying objects, and understanding natural and human-made systems. Skilled naturalists include farmers, botanists, hunters, ecologists, and landscapers. Examples: likes to be outdoors, collect and categorize, travel, be around animals, garden; is good at sensing things around them, recognizing patterns in nature, understanding plants and animals; learns best by hands-on activities, investigating, observing.

14. Reflection/Discussion Questions to Answer 1. Choose a topic/subject that you learned about in a different class today. 2. Using your Multiple Intelligence re-create this lesson to fit your preferred intelligence. 3. What are your “tools” and how does this meet your needs?