1. Multiple Intelligences
Ali Kazatsky, Jill McCloskey, Ashley Pavitt, Katie Noonan & Andrea Dodd

2. Multiple Intelligences
Theory developed by Howard Gardner (1983)
Suggests that learners can demonstrate intellectual ability through 8 different forms of intelligence
Challenges assumptions on what is“smart” by examining different intellectual strengths that may not be as mainstream or traditional as linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence (which had previously been the focus of teachers and society)

3. Multiple Intelligences
Challenges teachers to “differentiate” their lessons to meet the needs of diverse learners
Provides 8 different “pathways to learning” if a student is having difficulty with traditional approach

4. The Different Types of Intelligence:
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence **

5. Visual/Spatial Ability to perceive the visual
Tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information
Enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies
Skills include:
puzzle building, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images

6. Verbal Linguistic Ability to use words and language
Exhibit highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers
Think in words rather than pictures.
Skills include:
listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage

7. Logical/Mathematical
Ability to use reason, logic and numbers
Think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns
Curious about the world around them, questioning and experimental
Skills include:
problem solving, classifying and categorizing information, working with abstract concepts, handling long chains of reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments, questioning and wondering about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations, working with geometric shapes

8. Bodily/Kinesthetic
Ability to control body movements and handle objects skillfully
Express themselves through movement
Have a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination
Able to remember and process information through interacting with the space around them
Skills include:
dancing, physical coordination, sports, hands-on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions through the body

9. Musical/Rhythmic Ability to produce and appreciate music
Think in sounds, rhythms and patterns
Respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear
Can be extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps).
Skills include:
singing, whistling, playing musical instruments, recognizing tonal patterns, composing music, remembering melodies, understanding the structure and rhythm of music

10. Interpersonal Ability to relate to and understand others
Try to see things from other people's point of view in order to understand how they think and feel
Often can sense feelings, intentions and motivations
Are great organizers, motivators and mediators
Skills include:
seeing things from other perspectives, listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings, counseling, cooperating with groups, communicating both verbally and non-verbally, establishing positive relations with other people

11. Intrapersonal
Ability to self-reflect and be aware of one's inner state of being
Try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses
Skills include:
Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others

12. Naturalist The newest “intelligence”
Ability to relate to and understand nature
Learn through examining and experiencing the natural world around them
Skills include:
Nature and environmental awareness, understanding the cyclical nature and order of their surroundings, empathy and love of animals and the outdoors

13. Multiple Intelligences & Technology
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
Logical/Mathematical Intelligence
Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence
Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence

14. References http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm

15. ACTIVITY

16. Visit this site: (http://literacyworks
Visit this site: ( and determine your predominant form of intelligence
Break into groups based upon dominant intelligence ex. all the Logical/Mathematical thinkers meet up
Create a “choice” assignment based on given topic that a student with your dominant intelligence would enjoy