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Multiple Intelligences

Copyright © 2005 The George Lucas Educational Foundation

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What Is An Intelligence?

"An intelligence is the ability to solve problems, or to create products, that are valued within one or more cultural settings."

--Howard Gardner, Frames of Mind

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Multiple Intelligences

  • linguistic
  • logical mathematical
  • spatial
  • musical
  • bodily kinesthetic
  • naturalist
  • interpersonal
  • intrapersonal

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7 Kinds of Smart

  • word smart
  • numbers smart
  • pictures and images smart
  • sound smart
  • physical smart
  • patterns in nature smart
  • other people smart
  • self smart

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Key Learning Community

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Assessing Multiple Intelligences

"We use an intelligence when we actively solve a problem or fashion a product valued in society."

--Howard Gardner, Intelligence Reframed