Howard Gardener's Muliple Intelligence Concept Map

H. Gardener's Multiple Intelligences

-First let's take a quiz online to see what type of "intelligence" we have. There are many different types of "intelligence" or "smart". We all possess one or more intelligence and all learn in different ways. No matter the outcome of these quizzes, no one of us is "smarter" than the other, we simply learn differently.
-Now, let's watch the video on H. Gardener's Multiple Intelligences to really understand what it means to be a linguistic, logical/mathematical, musical, bodily, visual, interpersonal,and/or intrapersonal learner. 
I. Linguistic

-Linguistic learners enjoy words as a whole. These types of learners enjoy seeing, hearing, practicing, speaking, and writing words. Activities most enjoyed by these types of learners are word puzzles and/or crosswords, reading, and classroom discussion. These learners can be taught most easily because words can be used interpersonally (with others) and intrapersonally (by yourself). There is a wide range of opportunities for careers available to linquistic learners. Just a couple are journalist, which includes both listening to words and gathering information as well as writing words to record the information. Another option for careers that linguistic learners may be interested in is broadcasting. Broadcasting includes more speaking of words to an audience and reading of words from a script or TelePrompTer

 A. Seeing words 

         a) Journalist 

 B. Hearing Words 

          b) Broadcaster 
II. Logical/Mathematical

-Logical and mathematical learners enjoy numbers and things that go together in a more natural and "gear like" way. Cause and effect situations that are clearly marked are one of the best examples of ways that logical learners see and think about certain situations. Logical and mathematical learners enjoy problem solving, critical thinking, calcualting, and experimenting. A lot of the time, but not always, logical learners are more science and math oriented. Careers that may interest these types of learners are being a scientist and/or an accountant. Both of these positions include tedious critical thinking and problem solving as well as a large amount of time dealing with numbers, math problems, and experimentations

 A. Experimenting 

            a) Scientist

 B. Calculating/Reasoning 

                    b) Accountant
 III. Musical

-Musical learners enjoy putting things to rhythms and song. One thing musical learners enjoy most is learning "tricks" or "short cuts" to remember things by learning and/or making up a song. For example: if you have are trying to remember the states in alphabetical order, a musical learner may immediately try to think of a way to form a song or at least speak them rhythmically in order to help remember them. Careers that may interest musical learners are a music teacher and a poet; both careers allow musical learners to demonstrate and practice in the best way that they know how.
A.Tapping Out Time

                   a) Music Teacher

        B.Speaking Rhythmically 

                   b) Poet
 IV. Bodily/Kinesthetic

-Bodily and kinesthetic learners enjoy being active and using their bodies to learn; activities that involve hands on work are the most exciting and interesting for these learners. Any activity whether with a partner, group, or alone that allows this type of learner to be active is what helps them learn best. Even things such as science experiments are beneficial to these learners because it is more involved then simple reading a science book or doing a worksheet. Careers that may interest these types of learners are a surgeon, a dancer, and a professional athlete. These careers are both heavily involved in the body. Surgeons must have steady hands, but their hands are the most important part of their work. Dancers on the other end of the spectrum, use their entire bodies. 

A. Hands On Activities

        a) Surgeon 

        b) Professional Athlete 

B. Acting 

       a) Dancer 
V. Visual/Spatial

-Visual learners enjoy seeing things to understand them. These types of learners may not solve a word problem well if they only see the words written in front of them, but if given the opportunity to see it acted or drawn out, they could easily understand and/or solve the problem. Activities that would most interest these types of learners in the classroom are jigsaw puzzles and reading maps; instead of just reading about things. actually seeing them come together on the page or seeing an example of what is being discussed. Careers that may interest these type of learners are a sailor and an architect. Sailors don't just read about the world in a book or even see a map in an Atlas, they go into the world and see it for themselves. Architects solve jigsaw puzzles daily on paper in blueprints and in life-size in the form of buildings

A. Jigsaw Puzzles

       a) Architect 

B. Read Maps 

      b) Sailor
VI. Interpersonal

-Interpersonal learners enjoy being and working with others. These types of learners work most successfully in group activities and using dialogue to learn. I n order to convey ideas or to teach interpersonal learners it's important to incorporate a variety of partner and group work into the class schedule. Careers that may interest interpersonal learners are a nurse and a school principal. Nurses must work with others constantly. A nurse is almost never alone and even when she is not with a patient she is consulting with other nurses or doctors on treatment of patients. School principals are also in constant contact with people. Interpersonal skills are greatly required in both fields

 A. Group Activities 

        a) Nurse 

 B. Dialogue

        b) School Principal
VII. Intrapersonal

-Intrapersonal learners enjoy working alone more so than with others. These types of learners enjoy reading books to learn as well as independent writing. The best and most suited types of careers for these learners are entrepreneurs and a counselor. entrepreneurs are their own boss. While they may have to be in contact with employees and customers at some point in time, it is not to the level of that which they have to be if they were the employee and not the employer. Counselors do have to be in contact with others to give advice or guidance counseling, but they consult with themselves and usually employ or spend a lot of time alone planning appointment or plans of action for treatment or guidance of patients.

A. Books 

       a)Entrepreneur 

B. Independent Writing

        b)Counselor

Multiple Intelligence Survey

-What have we learned? 
  1) We can think of all these different types of learning as different ways of being smart. Everyone is smart in their own way, we all just learn things differently. Once we realize that we all have the same capacity to learn just in different ways we         
       can all understand each other better.
  2) We can be more than one type of "smart"
  3) We are all smart.
-As you go throughout the week, try to notice more now if the quiz was true to how you feel you learn best. Do you enjoy being by yourself or with others? Do you enjoy using your body or using words? Think about these things as you go throughout the week.