Multiple Intelligence

Name Gardner's eight intelligences.

• Body, eyes, brain, speech, environment, music, self-aware, and other aware
• Moving, seeing, thinking, speaking, appreciating, singing, reflecting, and communicating
• Bodily/Kinesthetic, Visual/Spatial, Logical/Mathematical, Verbal/Linguistic, Naturalist, Musical/Rhythmical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal
• Physical, visual, intellectual, verbal, natural, musical, personal, and public

According to Gardner, what is intrapersonal intelligence?

• The gift of environmental awareness.
• The gift of verbal or linguistic skills such as listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
• The gift of working with people and understanding the complexity of human relationships.
• The gift of inner thought, self-awareness, and self reflection as demonstrated in goal-setting, self assessing, and self regulating.

According to Gardner, what is visual/spatial intelligence?

• The gift of being able to read maps.
• The gift of understanding what one sees and putting those sights into words.
• The gift of visually representing and appreciating concepts, ideas, and information, such as through drawing, building, and designing.
• None of the above.

You have a high verbal/linguistic intelligence, so you have been assigned as a tour guide for a nature walk in the local park. You will be teaching tour groups about protecting the natural plant life in the park, so you have to have pictures of the plants that appear earlier and later in the year. You can choose an assistant to help you prepare and brief the pictures.    If the potential assistants possessed the intelligences listed in options A-D, which would be most helpful to you?

• Naturalist; Visual/Spatial; Interpersonal
• Naturalist; Bodily/Kinesthetic; Interpersonal
• Visual/Spatial; Logical/Mathematical; Intrapersonal
• Naturalist; Visual/Spatial; Intrapersonal

What are the characteristics of Gardner's bodily/kinesthetic intelligence?

• Drawing, building, or designing
• Physical prowess, coordination, fitness, and action
• Thinking in symbols or abstractions
• Listening, reading, or thinking

Sam likes to play computer games. His favorites are complex games that require him to use logic to solve problems and work through puzzles. In classes, Sam always asks questions, and he likes to participate in group discussions.  Outside of class, he always seems to be talking to someone.    If you had to label Sam by his intelligences, which two would best apply?

• Bodily/Kinesthetic and Interpersonal
• Logical/Mathematical and Interpersonal
• Verbal/Linguistic and Intrapersonal
• Visual/Spatial and Interpersonal

Standardized tests, such as the IQ test and the SAT test, only measure… 

• how well you memorized a text book
• verbal and mathematical abilities
• what kinds of grades you usually get
• problem-solving abilities

According to Gardner, what is the musical or rhythmical intelligence?

• The gift of visually representing concepts through drawing, building, etc.
• The gift of reasoning and thinking in symbols such as graphing.
• The gift of verbal skills such as listening, reading, and writing.
• The gift of melody, music, rhyme, rhythm, and sound, as demonstrated in playing an instrument, singing, timing, and patterns.

You are on the planning committee for the spring prom. You are in charge of planning, setting up entertainment, and decorations. You also have to choose three other students to assist you.    If the following choices (A-D) were the intelligences possessed by other students, which one would you prefer NOT to have as an assistant?

• Interpersonal; Musical/Rhythmical
• Interpersonal; Bodily/Kinesthetic
• Logical/Mathematical; Intrapersonal
• Visual/Spatial; Interpersonal

According to Gardner, what is naturalist intelligence?

• A gift of natural musical talent that includes melody, rhythm, sound.
• A gift of environmental awareness as manifested in an understanding of interrelationships of the natural world.
• A gift of reasoning and thinking naturally in symbols such as graphing.
• A gift of innate verbal skills such as listening, reading, and writing.