Arcel Marie A. Emeliano

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

Objectives:

Describe the different Multiple Intelligences.

Pinpoint your own Multiple Intelligences.

Plan learning activities that match learners’ Multiple

Intelligences.

Howard Gardner

INTELLIGENCE

“an ability or set of abilities that

allows a person to solve

problem or fashion a product

that is valued in one or more

cultures”

Views of IntelligencesOld View New View

o Intelligence was Fixed

o Intelligence was measured by a number

o Intelligence was unitary

o Intelligence was measured in isolation

o Intelligence was used to sort students and predict their success

o Intelligence can be developed

o Intelligence is not numerically quantifiable and is exhibited during a performance or problem – solving process

o Intelligence is measured in context/real – life situations

o Intelligence is used to understand human capacities and the many and the varied ways students can achieve

o Intelligence can be exhibited in many ways – Multiple Intelligences

Visual/Spatial Intelligence (Picture Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Colors, shapes, visual puzzles, symmetry, lines, images, charts, maps,

videos, and movies

Skills:

Puzzle building, Reading , writing, understanding charts and graphs, has a

good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and

analogies, manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical

objects, interpreting visual images.

Possible Career Interests:

Navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers,

mechanics, engineers, photographer, tour guides, scout, and ranger

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Concept Maps, graphs, charts, art projects,

metaphorical thinking, visualization, videos,

slides, visual presentations

Make a visual organizers, Icon symbols, and collage

about the topic given.

Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence

(Word Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Sounds, meanings, structures, and styles of language

Skills:

Listening, Speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching,

using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of the

words, remembering information, convincing someone of their

point of view, analyzing language usage.

Possible Career Interests:

Poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, translator,

editor, novelist and religious leader

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Discussions, debates, journal writing,

conferences, essays, stories, poems, storytelling, listening activities, reading

Explain uses of punctuation marks.

Practice using each type in writing. Edit text.

Mathematical/Logical Intelligence (Number Smart/Logic Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Patterns, number and numerical data, causes and effects, objective and

quantitative reasoning

Skills:

Problem Solving, classifying and categorizing information, working with

abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other, 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.

Possible Career Paths:

Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, researchers, accountants,

mathematicians, statistician, economist

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Calculations, experiments, comparisons, number

games, using evidence, formulating and testing

hypothesis, deductive and inductive reasoning

“why do we need punctuation marks?”

classifying sentences.

Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence

(Body Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Touch, movement, physical self, athleticism

Skills:

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.

Possible Career paths:

Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors, firefighters,

artisans, mechanic, surgeon, carpenter and sculptor.

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Role – playing, dance, athletic activities,

manipulating, hands – on demonstrations, concept,

miming

Role play

Musical Intelligence (Music Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Tone, beat, tempo, melody pitch, sound

Skills:

Singing, whistling, play musical instruments, recognizing tonal

patterns, composing music, remembering melodies,

understanding the structure and rhythm of music.

Possible Career Paths:

Musician, disc jockey, singer, composer, conductor and music

critic.

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Playing music, singing, rapping, whistling,

clapping, analyzing sounds and music

Rap song. Create jingles to represent marks.

Intrapersonal Intelligence (Self Smart)

Sensitivity to:

One’s owns strengths, weaknesses, goals, and desires

Skills:

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.

Possible Career Paths:

Researchers, theorists, and philosophers

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Student choice, journal writing, self – evaluation,

personal instruction, independent study, discussing feelings,

reflecting

Which is your favorite? Why? Personal Narrative.

Interpersonal Intelligence (People Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Body language, moods, voice, feelings

Skills:

Can see things from other perspectives (dual perspective), listening, using

empathy, understanding other peoples moods and feelings, counseling,

cooperating with groups, noticing people’s moods, motivations and

intentions, communicating both verbally and nonverbally, building trust,

peaceful conflicts resolution, establishing positive relations with other

people.

Possible career Paths:

Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person, teachers,

administrators, managers, consultants, therapists, and psychologists.

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Community involvement projects, discussions,

cooperative learning, team games, peer tutoring, conferences, social activities, sharing

Group and peer practice, writers’ clubs, edit partner’s

text.

Naturalist Intelligence(Nature Smart)

Sensitivity to:

Natural objects, plants, animals, naturally occurring patterns,

ecological issues

Skills:

Can Identifying and classifying living things and natural objects

and can analyze ecological and natural situations and data.

Possible Career Paths:

Ecologists, rangers, zoologist, botanist, veterinarian, hunter

and scout.

Example of Classroom Activities

Example of Multiple Intelligence Activity in

Punctuation

Ecological field trips, environmental study, caring

for plants and animals, outdoor work, pattern

recognition

Natural Similes (e.g., an exclamation point is like a lightning bolt because …)

Existential Intelligence

(Spirit Smart)

This intelligence seeks connections to the real world

understanding and application of new learning.

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