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Written by Adi Hafiz
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Monday, 11 August 2008 22:13 |
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The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 to more accurately define the concept of intelligence and to address the question whether methods which claim to measure intelligence (or aspects thereof) are truly scientific.
Gardner's theory argues that intelligence, particularly as it is traditionally defined, does not sufficiently encompass the wide variety of abilities humans display. In his conception, a child who masters multiplication easily is not necessarily more intelligent overall than a child who struggles to do so. The second child may be stronger in another kind of intelligence and therefore:
- may best learn the given material through a different approach,
- may excel in a field outside of mathematics, or
- may even be looking at the multiplication process at a fundamentally deeper level, which can result in a seeming slowness that hides a mathematical intelligence that is potentially higher than that of a child who easily memorizes the multiplication table.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences
The eight intelligence are:
- Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
- Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
- Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
- Linguistic Intelligence
- Visual/Spatial Intelligence
- Interpersonal Intelligence
- Intrapersonal Intelligence
- Naturalistic Intelligence
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Last Updated on Sunday, 03 January 2010 11:28 |
