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This 8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One? instructional video also includes:
There are more ways to be intelligent than just book smart or street smart — eight ways, to be precise. Howard Gardner, a developmental psychologist who has studied the concept of multiple intelligences at length, discusses the ways a person can have intelligence in linguistics, logical mathematics, music, spatiality, bodily kinesthetics, interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, and naturalism.
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Instructional Ideas
- Have learners choose the intelligence that they feel describes them the best, and prompt them to create a collage or demonstration of how they exhibit that intelligence
- Incorporate the video into a lesson about multiple intelligences in which pupils take a personality test to determine their strongest intelligence
- Use the multiple intelligence format in a language arts book report to describe characters and their motivations
- Create a journal project at the beginning of the year for class members to note the ways they are developing each of their eight intelligences
Classroom Considerations
- Assessment only contains recall questions from the video; consider finding a personality test to accompany the viewing
- Video does not include pictures of graphics, and at over nine minutes long, it may be dull for some viewers
Pros
- Thought-provoking discussion about the different ways people learn and excel
- Encouraging to students who may feel that they are not intelligent based on standardized tests or other assessments
Cons
- None