Transcript How people learn - Issaquah Connect

How people learn
Multiple Intelligences Theory
of Howard Gardner
Why do some people seem
smart at math while others are
great at sports or music?
• Multiple Intelligences are seven different
ways to demonstrate intellectual ability.
• Usually people have one dominant ability
with lesser abilities in other categories.
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
• Think in pictures
• Create vivid mental images to retain
information
• Enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures,
videos, and movies
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Reading
Writing
Puzzle building
Painting
Creating visual
metaphors
• Manipulating images
• Fixing
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Navigator
Sculptor
Inventor
Architect
Interior designer
Mechanic
Engineer
Verbal/Linguistic
• Highly developed auditory skills
• Usually elegant speakers
• Think in words rather than pictures
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Listening
Speaking
Writing
Analyzing language
usage
• Explaining
• Using humor
• Convincing someone
of their point of view
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Poet
Journalist
Writer
Teacher
Attorney
Politician
Translator
Logical/Mathematical
• Think conceptually in logical and
numerical patterns making connections
between pieces of information
• Curious about the world around them
• Ask lots of questions and do lots of
experiments
Skills and possible career interests
• Problem solving
• Classifying and
categorizing information
• Working with abstract
concepts to figure out
their relationships
• Doing controlled
experiments
• Performing complex math
calculations
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Scientists
Engineers
Computer programmers
Researchers
Accountants
Mathematicians
Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Express self through movement
• Good sense of balance and hand/eye
coordination
• Through interacting with space around
them, they are able to remember and
process information
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Dancing
Physical coordination
Sports
Hands-on
experiments
• Expressing emotions
through the body
• Using body language
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Athlete
PE teacher
Dancer
Actor
Firefighter
Artisan
Musical/Rhythmic
• Think in sounds, rhythms, and patterns
• Immediately respond to music, either
appreciatively or critically
• Many are sensitive to environmental
sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping
faucets)
Skills and possible career interests
• Singing
• Whistling
• Playing musical
instruments
• Remembering
melodies
• Understanding the
structure and rhythm
of music
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Musician
Disc jockey
Singer
Composer
Interpersonal
• Try to see things from other people’s point
of view to understanding the feelings of
others.
• Ability to sense feelings, emotions, and
motivations.
• Try to maintain peace in group settings
and encourage cooperation.
• Use verbal and body language to
communicate with others.
Skills and possible career interests
• See things from other
perspectives.
• Use empathy
• Understand other
people’s moods and
feelings
• Building trust
• Peaceful conflict
resolution
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Counselor
Salesperson
Politician
Business person
Intrapersonal
• Try to understand their own inner feelings,
dreams, relationships with others, and
strengths and weaknesses.
Skills and possible career interests
• Recognizing own
strengths and
weaknesses
• Reflecting and
analyzing themselves
• Understanding their
role in relationship to
others
• Researcher
• Theorist
• Philosopher