What kind of smart are you?

Results #1

• If you said yes to 1, 9, 17, 25, or 33 – fill in boxes in the Verbal Column

• If you said yes to 2, 10, 18, 26, or 34 – fill in boxes in the Logical Column

Results #2• If you said yes to 3, 11, 19, 27,

or 35 – fill in boxes in the Spatial Column

• If you said yes to 4, 12, 20, 28, or 36 – fill in boxes in the Kinesthetic Column

Results #3• If you said yes to 5, 13, 21, 29,

or 37 – fill in boxes in the Naturalistic Column

• If you said yes to 6, 14, 22, 30, or 38 – fill in boxes in the Musical Column

Results #4• If you said yes to 7, 15, 23, 31,

or 39 – fill in boxes in the Interpersonal Column

• If you said yes to 8, 16, 24, 32, or 40 – fill in boxes in the Intrapersonal Column

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

• We all learn differently and knowing the way we learn best will help us be successful in school.

• There are 8 types of intelligence: – Verbal, logical, spatial, interpersonal,

intrapersonal, kinesthetic, naturalistic, and musical

Verbal

• Verbal intelligence refers to an individual's ability to understand and manipulate words and languages. Everyone is thought to possess this intelligence at some level. This includes reading, writing, speaking, and other forms of verbal and written communication.

Logical/Mathematical

• Logical/Mathematical intelligence refers to an individual's ability to do things with data: collect, and organize, analyze and interpret, conclude and predict. Individuals strong in this intelligence easily see patterns and relationships.

Spatial

• Spatial intelligence refers to the ability to form and manipulate a mental model. Individuals with strength in this area depend on visual thinking and are very imaginative. People with this kind of intelligence tend to learn most readily from visual presentations such as movies, pictures, videos, and demonstrations using models and props.

Interpersonal

• . Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to interpret and respond to the moods, emotions, motivations, and actions of others. Interpersonal intelligence also requires good communication and interaction skills, and the ability show empathy towards the feelings of other individuals

Sympathy vs. Empathy

Sympathy:

You feel FOR the other person

Empathy: You feel the other person’s feelings as if they were your own

Feelings in

relation to

others

Intrapersonal

• Intrapersonal Intelligence, simply put, is the ability to know oneself. It is an internalized version of Interpersonal Intelligence. To exhibit strength in Intrapersonal Intelligence, an individual must be able to understand their own emotions, motivations, and be aware of their own strengths and weaknesses

Kinesthetic

• These people like to move around, touch the people they are talking to and act things out. They are good at small and large muscle skills; they enjoy all types of sports and physical activities.

Naturalistic

• Naturalistic intelligence is seen in someone who recognizes and classifies plants, animals, and minerals including a mastery of taxonomies. They are holistic thinkers who recognize specimens and value the unusual. They are aware of species such as the flora and fauna around them.

Musical

• Musical intelligence refers to the ability to understand, create, and interpret musical pitches, timbre, rhythm, and tones and the capability to compose music.

Analyzing Intelligences

• Task: – Create an object analyzing the different types

of intelligence• Put the following list of adjectives on the shape

Adjectives: If you don’t know the meaning, look it up!

Flexible dexterous dramaticAutonomous competitive affableArticulate melodic cordialHarmonious crafty sociableThrifty motivator apatheticMoney savvy satirical fastidiousSensitive coordinating verboseObjective organizedCompatible bilingual