The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?

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Which sentence best describes Howard Gardner’s ideas about human intelligence in “The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?”

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Language and math abilities are not the only areas that contribute to human intelligence.

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"Street smarts" in "The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?"

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learning from our own experiences and applying that learning to future situations

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Tacit knowledge

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common sense

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In which area would an athlete most likely have strengths?

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Bodily/Kinesthetic

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Linguistic (as used in 'The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?')

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relating to language

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What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of empathy as it is used in this excerpt from 'The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?'

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awareness of how people feel

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Read this passage from 'The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?' When Thomas Jefferson was designing the University of Virginia, and the architects were designing the layouts of the walkways. Jefferson’s solution was to plant grass and wait to see where the grass was most worn down so that they would build the walkways where people naturally wanted to walk. What does the context of this passage suggest is the most likely meaning of the underlined word layouts?

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the way things are arranged

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What is the author’s main purpose in writing “The More You Know, the Smarter You Are?”

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to make the reader aware that there are many areas of human intelligence

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Which excerpt from “The More You Know, The Smarter You Are?” best summarizes the author’s point of view regarding human intelligence?

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… the best course of action is to identify strengths, stretch weaknesses, and make the most of the smarts we have by building on them in as many ways as possible.