There are more ways to be intelligent than just book smart or street smart — eight ways, to be precise. Howard Gardner, a developmental psychologist who has studied the concept of multiple intelligences at length, discusses the ways a person can have intelligence in linguistics, logical mathematics, music, spatiality, bodily kinesthetics, interpersonal skills, intrapersonal skills, and naturalism.

Concepts

multiple intelligences, learning styles, intelligence

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners choose the intelligence that they feel describes them the best, and prompt them to create a collage or demonstration of how they exhibit that intelligence
• Incorporate the video into a lesson about multiple intelligences in which pupils take a personality test to determine their strongest intelligence
• Use the multiple intelligence format in a language arts book report to describe characters and their motivations
• Create a journal project at the beginning of the year for class members to note the ways they are developing each of their eight intelligences

Classroom Considerations

• Assessment only contains recall questions from the video; consider finding a personality test to accompany the viewing
• Video does not include pictures of graphics, and at over nine minutes long, it may be dull for some viewers

Pros

• Thought-provoking discussion about the different ways people learn and excel
• Encouraging to students who may feel that they are not intelligent based on standardized tests or other assessments

Cons

• None