Warm Up: 2/12 Chapter 9- Intelligence  1. What does it mean to be intelligent in our society?  2. What abilities do schools value and promote?  3. How do we measure a person's intelligence?

Objective and DOL  IWBAT explain the multiple intelligences theory  What is the multiple theory of intelligences? Do you agree with it? ObjectiveDOL

CHAPTER 9- INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY The most controversial subject in Psychology?

Intelligence allows people to  Think  Understand complex ideas  Reason  Solve problems  Learn from experience  Adapt to the environment  But what is intelligence?  We still don’t know.

Theories of intelligence  Factor theories of intelligence  The theory of multiple intelligences  The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

The theory of multiple intelligences  Theory proposed by Howard Gardiner  Says intelligence in comprised of multiple intelligences  Each intelligence has own neurological base in a different are of the brain.  Language ability  Logical- mathematical  Bodily-kinestetic  Musical  Spatial relations  Interpersonal  Intrapersonal  Naturalistic  existential

Which intelligence are you

Jig-Saw  Get with the people who have your same intelligence: 6 minutes at each  Read the information about your intelligence  Come up with a 1-3 sentences description of your “intelligence”  Be Prepared to present to the class

Presentations

Closing up  Not everyone believes in the multiple theory of intelligences  “people have different types of intellectual strengths.”  Is this a measure of intelligence or are they skills?  If Verbal- Linguistic is most used in school, how might that influence someone’s opinion of whether other intelligences are legitimate?

DOL  1. What is the multiple theories of intelligence?  2. Complete the matching assignment on the back of your grpahic organizer.

Tomorrow:  We will be discussing the multiple theories of intelligence and its legitimacy.  30 minute article read  30 minute discussion  10 minute reflection

Warm Up: 2/18  1. What are 4 of the “intelligences” in the multiple intelligence theory  2. Summarize the 2-factor theory of intelligence

Close Reading  Read and annotate the text  Number paragraphs  Circle key terms – No more than 5 per chunk  Chunk as you go to group paragraphs of similar content  Left column is a one sentence summary per chunk  Right column is a question per chunk (could be confusion or higher-level)  When you are finished come up with 3 questions from the article

Socratic Circle

DOL  Which theory do you think it is a better theory for intelligence?