A Multiple Intelligences Classroom

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=470399" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="039d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nine Ways of Knowing"><U>Nine Ways of Knowing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why MI?"><U>Why MI?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MI Curricular Applications "><U>MI Curricular Applications </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Internet Hotlist"><U>Internet Hotlist</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References "><U>References </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> "It Is Not How <I>Smart</I> You Are. </div> <div> It Is <I>How</I> You Are Smart." </div> <div> Creating a Multiple Intelligences Classroom</div> <div> <B>by Kristine Toland </b></div> <div> <B>Monmouth University</b></div> <div> <I>"In school, linguistic intelligence and logical-mathematical intelligence have traditionally been valued, and, probably more important, the kinds of testing instruments that we use rely very heavily on language and logic. So if you happen to be lucky enough to have that particular combination of intelligence, you will be considered smart. "    </I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>-Howard Gardner</b></div> <bR> <div> Curiosity about differences in intelligence has probably existed since as far back as we can imagine.  Just the word INTELLIGENCE could suggest any number of perfectly reasonable definitions. A consensus definition offered by Snyderman and Rotherman (1987) in Educational Psychology (Slavin 2000) is "the ability to deal with abstractions, to solve problems and to learn"(p.128).</div> <bR> <div> Inevitably, the question would be asked.  How can we measure intelligence?  Alfred Binet was the first to design a measure of intelligence for school children in France in 1904 (Slavin 2000).  His test measured a broad range of skills and performances, but yielded a single score, called an intelligence quotient or IQ.  And for years, we were taught that not only is this IQ a fairly accurate label, it was likely determined genetically, by birth, and relatively unchangeable.</div> <bR> <div> Howard Gardner, a psychologist and professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education developed his theory of multiple intelligences in the early 1980's.  His book FRAMES OF MIND (1983) introduced seven different intelligences that he proposed could be nurtured and strengthened or ignored and weakened. Gardner later added two more intelligences to augment his original theory. While I will identify and explain the nine different intelligences, I think it is important to mention first, that I personally don't believe it is the specificity of each aspect of intelligence that is most important.  For me, the absolute truth that lies in Gardner's theory is the suggestion that our original acceptance of one whole, concretely measurable and relatively permanent intelligence is simplistic, selective and unconstructive.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04740090.gif" border=0 width="576" height="9" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Nine Ways of Knowing"><U>Nine Ways of Knowing</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why MI?"><U>Why MI?</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MI Curricular Applications "><U>MI Curricular Applications </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Internet Hotlist"><U>Internet Hotlist</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References "><U>References </U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>