Gardner’s Multiple

IntelligencesBy: Bethany Thompson

Gardner developed a theory of multiple intelligences, instead of asking, “how smart are you?” ask, “how are you smart?” (1999).

What Is?

Gardner’s theory is based on a minimum of eight different intelligences,

MusicalBodily kinesthetic

Logical-mathematicalLinguistic

SpatialInterpersonalIntrapersonal

Naturalist

Intelligences

Skills in tasks involving music.

Ex: Yehudi Menuhin, at age 3, his parents frequently smuggled him into the San Francisco Orchestra. Menuhin was an international performer by 10 years old.

Musical Intelligence

Skills in problem solving and scientific thinking.

Ex: Barbara McClintock, describes her breakthrough after thinking about a certain problem for 30 min. Won the Nobel Prize in medicine.

Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

The ability to identify and classify patterns in nature.

Ex: People that can distinguish between large numbers of similar objects, like people who lived in prehistoric times, and hunters, used this intelligence to determine what they could use for food.

Naturalist Intelligence

Skills involving spatial configurations, such as those used by artists and architects.

artists, rarely get lost, imagine things very vividly, use metaphors, and "look at the big picture" when solving problems.

Spatial Intelligence

The knowledge of the internal aspects of oneself; access to one’s own feelings and emotions.

Philosopher, Writer, Theorist, Scientist.

Virginia Wolf“A Sketch of the Past”

Intrapersonal Intelligence

Skills in using the body or various in the solution of problems or in the construction of products or displays, exemplified by dancers, athletes, actors, and surgeons.

Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence

Skills involved in the production and use of language.

Poets, writers, and public speakers.

Linguistic Intelligence

Skills in interacting with others, such as sensitivity to the moods, temperaments, motivations, and intentions of others.

politicians, leaders, or clergy

Interpersonal Intelligence

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