Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences

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This paper explains that there are eight distinct and independent intelligences: Linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intra-personal and naturalist.
The author defines each distinct intelligence and gives an example of it application such as (1) linguistic intelligence involves sensitivity to spoken and written language, the ability to learn languages and the capacity to use language to accomplish certain goals; therefore, (2) to develop this type of intelligence, a teacher must discusses metaphors and onomatopoeia. The paper states that classroom activities should be more varied, allowing students to learn use and to develop all the various intelligences.

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"Naturalist intelligence is used in discerning patterns in natural, such as how differences species are related or what type of weather we might expect on different days. If I had a naturalist student, I would allow them to share their knowledge with other students. For example, during a science discussion about plants, I would allow the student to explain the evolution of plants in their own words because most teachers have the tendency to use words that most students do not understand. By allowing the student to explain it, the other students would understand it better."

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