Multiple Intelligence Theory

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Howard Gardner, an expert in education and developmental psychology at Harvard University and co director of the Harvard's Project Zero, first published his theory of multiple intelligences in Frames of Mind in 1983.

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"Examining Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory

I. Introduction
Howard Gardner, an expert in education and developmental psychology at Harvard University and co director of the Harvard's Project Zero, first published his theory of multiple intelligences in Frames of Mind in 1983. Multiple intelligences theory or MI theory states that humans do not have one general intelligence measured by typical psychometric tests, but multiple intelligences with different skill sets. The traditional primary definition of intelligence, as listed in The American Heritage Dictionary, third edition, is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge; the faculty of thought and reason. Based on this definition of intelligence, I do not feel that Gardner's theory ..."

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