Understanding Multiple Intelligences: Best Practice: Effective programs meet the needs of people with diverse intelligences

Authors

Sky McClain, Lake Mead National Recreation AreaFollow
Allison Brody, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Curriculum Material

Publication Date

2007

Publisher

Public Lands Institute

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

First page number:

1

Last page number:

2

Abstract

Have you ever wondered why someone who is very smart has trouble using a map? Why one person can follow a map, but is confused by written instructions? Howard Gardner devised an explanation with the theory of multiple intelligences, presented in his 1983 book Frames of Mind.

Gardner questioned the idea that intelligence is a single entity and that it can be measured simply using IQ tests. Rather, he argued that each of us perceives and processes information in multiple ways. And our learning styles reflect these multiple intelligences, with some of us learning more easily by seeing, others by hearing, and others by doing. In fact, Gardner identified eight ways in which humans demonstrate their intellectual ability.

Controlled Subject

Learning, Psychology of; Multiple intelligences; Teaching – Methodology

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum and Social Inquiry | Education | Educational Methods | Educational Psychology

File Format

pdf

File Size

158 KB

Language

English

Comments

Best Practices Review Series

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Repository Citation

McClain, S., Brody, A. (2007). Understanding Multiple Intelligences: Best Practice: Effective programs meet the needs of people with diverse intelligences. 1-2.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_environment_education/7