• Musical Intelligence

Strengths: Rhythm and Music

People who have strong musical intelligence are good and thinking in patterns, rhythms and sounds. They have a strong appreciation for music and are often good at musical composition and performance.

Characteristics of Musical Intelligence

• Enjoy singing and playing musical instruments
• Recognizes musical patterns and tones easily
• Good at remembering songs and melodies
• Rich understanding of musical structure, rhythm and notes

•  Spatial Intelligence

People with Visual intelligence are artistic. They are very aware of their surroundings and are good at remembering images. They have a great sense of direction. They like to draw, paint and read maps. They learn best through drawings and visual aids. 

• Intrapersonal Intelligence:

Strengths: Introspection and Self-Reflection

Individuals who are strong in intrapersonal intelligence are good at being aware of their own emotional states, feelings and motivations. They tend to enjoy self-reflection and analysis, including day-dreaming, exploring relationships with others and assessing their personal strengths.

• Naturalistic Intelligence:

Strengths: Finding Patters and Relationships to Nature

Naturalistic is the most recent addition to Gardner’s theory ⁵ and has been met with more resistance than his original seven intelligences. According to Gardner, individuals who are high in this type of intelligence are more in tune with nature and are often interested in nurturing, exploring the environment and learning about other species. These individuals are said to be highly aware of even subtle changes to their environments.

• Logical - Mathematical Intelligence: 

People with Logical intelligence are abstract thinkers and are attracted to logic and reasoning. They are good at investigation and scientific processes. They learn best by logic. 

Common Characteristics Can easily do math in their head Good at strategy games Have a mind "like a computer" Really like math Enjoy science experiments Organize things by category Abstract thinker Look for a rational explanations Wonder how things work

Career Matches Scientist Mathematician Lawyer/Attorney Doctor Accountant Bookkeeper Computer Programmer Researcher Financial Planner

• Linguistic Intelligence:

People with Linguistic intelligence love and are talented with words. They enjoy reading, writing and learning languages. They have an ability to teach and explain things to others. They learn best by reading, taking notes and going to lectures. 

Common Characteristics Notices grammatical mistakes Often speaks of what they have read Likes to use "fancy" words Loves word games Cherishes their book collection Easily remembers quotes and famous sayings Likes puns and rhymes Enjoys writing Enjoys foreign language Always enjoyed English class (Personality info: <http://www.mypersonality.info/multiple-intelligences/verbal linguistic/> )

Career Matches Writer (any type) Editor Public Speaker Politician Preacher Teacher Journalist Broadcaster English / Writing Tutor Actor / Actress

Try out these activities: 

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/crossword.htm Vocabulary exercises: crosswords, puzzles, etc.

http://www.learnenglish.de/gamespage.htm Word games such as: letter swap, matching words, riddles, etc.

• Interpersonal Intelligence:

Strengths: Understanding and Relating to Other People

Those who have strong interpersonal intelligence are good understanding and interacting with other people. These individuals are skilled at assessing the emotions, motivations, desires and intentions of those around them.

Characteristics of Interpersonal Intelligence

• Good at communicating verbally
• Skilled nonverbal communicators
• See situations from different perspectives
• Create positive relationships with others
• Good at resolving conflict in groups
• From activity or social clubs

Bodily Kinesthetic people - Activities

• Bodily - Kinesthetic:

                                                               Strengths: Physical Movement, Motor Control

• Those who have high bodily-kinesthetic intelligence are said to be good at body movement, performing actions and physical control. People who are strong in this area tend to have excellent hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

  Characteristics of Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

  
  • Good at dancing and sports
  • Enjoy creating things with their hands
  • Excellent physical coordination
  • Tends to remember by doing, rather than hearing or seeing

TEST YOURSELF

Test yourself and find your strengths! 

Everybody has all the multiple intelligences, but some of them are more developed than the others.This kind of test will help you to find which of the multiple intelligences you're stronger in.

http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Then according to your results, you can choose your intelligence, read about it and try many activities related with it. 

• http://surfaquarium.com/MI/intelligences.htm     This link is amazing!  It has different activities related with each kind of multiple intelligence.  You should try it. : D 

Applying Dr. Gardner's theory in the classroom is meaningful. There is a real change in the methodology, because it promotes the interaction of students doing  authentic tasks  and perfoming real-life situations in the target language. The traditional methods will be replaced by the new era of teaching, where the student is the only and main builder of his own knowledge. 

How to grow a better brain 

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002391/smarts.html

• Multiple Intelligence Games

http://totthoughts.com/2011/06/07/the-animal-game-again/

• List of activities to develop multiple intelligences

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/multiple-intelligence-activities.html 

The Key Learning Community

Multiple Intelligences In The Classroom

In recent years, new definitions of intelligence have gained acceptance and have dramatically enhanced the appraisal of human competencies. Howard Gardner of Harvard University in his book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, suggests that there are at least seven human intelligences, two of which, verbal/linguistic intelligence and logical/mathematical intelligence, have dominated the traditional pedagogy of western societies.

The five non-traditional intelligences, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonaland intrapersonal, have generally been overlooked in education. However, if we can develop ways to teach and learn by engaging all seven intelligences, we will increase the possibilities for student success and create the opportunity to, in Margaret Mead's words, "weave a social fabric in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place." 

How can the Multiple Intelligences be implemented in the classroom?

What are some of the results of this program?

What is the teacher's role in a Multiple Intelligences program?

Read more at ... http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC27/Campbell.htm

• This video shows a clear example of a school applying multiple intelligences in the classroom:

Indianapolis school works with a curriculum based on Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. 

Here, teachers look beyond test scores. They emphasize exploration, experimentation, doing projects, developing arts, computer skills, etc, beginning in kindergarten. Teachers apply different methods for teaching to achieve real positive results, and students enjoy learning in this way. 

A Brief Background

"If a child is not learning the way you are teaching, then you must teach in the way the child learns." by Rita Dunn.

Sometimes, we as teachers get mad trying to teach certain topic to the students but they can't internalize the new knowledge and they get bored. Maybe it is because we are teaching them in the traditional way. However, nowadays we have to consider that everybody learns in different ways, and that's what Dr. Gardner explained in this theory.

So, the next link can help you to understand a little bit more about this theory and its purpose.

http://208.254.39.65/neuronreading/e_article001083919.cfm?x=b11