 Gardner challenged the established view of “IQ” by suggesting intelligence has more to do with a capacity for:  1. solving problems  2. fashioning products in a naturalistic and context rich environment.

 Linguistic ◦ Use words effectively ◦ Orally ◦ Writing ◦ Manipulate syntax ◦ Rhetoric ◦ Mnemonics ◦ Explain ◦ Meta-language  Logical- Mathematical: ◦ Use numbers effectively ◦ Reason well ◦ Sensitivity to logical patterns ◦ Functions and abstractions ◦ Categorization, classification, calculation and hypothesis testing

 Spatial ◦ Perceive spatial-visual world accurately (hunter, scout, quarterback) ◦ Perform transformations on perceptions (architect) ◦ Orient spatially ◦ Sensitivity to spatial relationships, line, color, form  Bodily-Kinesthetic ◦ Use body to express ◦ Use hands to transform things ◦ Coordination, dexterity ◦ Balance, strength ◦ Speed ◦ Physical capacities (athlete/dancer, sculpture)

 Musical ◦ Ability to perceive ◦ Discriminate ◦ Transform ◦ Express in musical forms ◦ Sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, melody, timbre, tone of music ◦ Global or formal understanding of music  Naturalist ◦ Expertise in the classification of species ◦ Sensitive to natural phenomena ◦ Discriminate among items in environment

 Interpersonal ◦ Sensitive to others ◦ Can “read” others’ moods, expressions ◦ Can influence people ◦ Good interpersonal communication skills ◦ “Interstate”- between states; Interpersonal- between people  Intrapersonal ◦ Self-knowledge ◦ Accurate picture of oneself- strengths and weaknesses ◦ Aware of inner- moods, motivations ◦ Capacity for self- discipline, understanding and self-esteem

 1. Potential isolation by brain damage  2. existence of savants, prodigies and exceptional individuals  3. distinctive developmental history  4. evolutionary history and plausibility  5. support from psychometric findings  6. support from experimental psychological tasks  7. Identifiable core operations  8. Susceptibility to encoding in a symbol system

 Each person possesses all 8 intelligences  Most people can develop each intelligence to an adequate level of competency  Intelligences work together in complex ways  There are many ways to be intelligent in each category.

 MI Theory is a cognitive model that seeks to describe how individuals use their intelligences to solve problems and fashion products.  It is not tied to the senses (as modalities) or tied to personalities (as Myers-Briggs).  MI concentrates on how the human mind operates on the contents of the world.

 Test designed to get you to diagnose yourself. Only measures small part of self.  Model for looking at teaching strengths- what you gravitate towards. Can be more deliberate about equality towards all the intelligences/students.  Crystallizing experiences/paralyzing experiences are two key processes that affect MI.