1. Gardner’s Multiple
Intelligences

2. Howard Gardner
Ph.D., Harvard University
Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Senior
Director of Harvard Project Zero.
Best known for theory of multiple intelligences.
Author of several hundred articles and two dozen books
including, Changing Minds.
Received MacArthur Prize fellowship in 1981.
First American to receive University of Louisville’s Grawemeyer
Award in Education.

3. Introduction
 The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
was created by Dr. Howard Gardner
in 1983.
 Gardner’s theory places an emphasis on the idea that the
traditional understanding of intelligence by means of IQ
testing is far too limited.
 To broaden this notion of intelligence, Gardner
introduced eight different types of intelligences consisting
of (and to be elaborated on later):
Logical/Mathematical, Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Bodily-
Kinesthetic, Naturalist, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal.

4. 1900 Paris
Students were
having troubel with
school work
Alfred Binet conducted several tests to predict
Which students will succed in schools.
1912 Wilhem Stern
Intelligence Quotient
“Mental age divided by chronological
age and multiplied by 100)

5. Intelligence (IQ) Intelligence (Gardner)
Biopsychological potential to
process information that can be
Intelligence is what the test test activated in a cultural setting to
solve problems or cretae products
that are of value in a culture.
Problem solving skill allows one to
Ability to answer items on tests of
approach a situation in which a
intelligence
goal is to be obtained.

6. “I believe that human cognitive competence
is better described in
terms of a set of abilities, talents,
mental skills which I call intelligences”
His theory is not the last word in the identification
of intelligences…..
“A set of factors to be considered in the study of
human cognition”

7.  Logical-Mathematical (Number/Reasoning
Smart): Sensitivity to, and capacity to
discern, logical or numerical patterns; ability
to handle long chains of reasoning.
 Linguistic (Word Smart): Sensitivity to the
sounds, rhythms, and meanings of words;
sensitivity to the different functions of
language.

8.  Musical (Music Smart): Abilities to
produce and appreciate rhythm, pitch,
and timbre; appreciation of the forms of
musical expressiveness.
 Spatial (Picture Smart) : Capacities to
perceive the visual-spatial world
accurately and to perform
transformations on one’s initial
perceptions.

9.  Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart):
Abilities to control one’s body
movements and to handle objects
skillfully.
 Naturalist (Nature Smart): Abilities
to recognize plants and animals,
to make distinctions in the natural
world, to understand systems and
define categories.

10. Assessment
 “I define assessment as the obtaining of
information about a person’s skills and
potentials with the dual goals of providing
useful feedback to the person and useful
data to the surrounding community”
 In a good apprenticeship the teacher and the
students are always assessing.

11. Interesting Facts
 Supporter of Emilia Reggio schools (similar
education goals)
 Affiliated with the project zero
(Project’ Mission: To understand and enhance learning,
thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic
and scientific disciplines, at the individual and
institutional levels.
 Focused on education for understanding.
 Exploram is amuseum in Denmark (exhibits
are designed to activate specific human
intelligences)

12. Score the statements: 1 = Mostly Disagree, 2 = Slightly Disagree, 3 = Slightly Agree, 4 = Mostly Agree
.
Multiple Intelligences Test - based on Howard
Gardner's MI Model
Score or tick the statements in the boxes Score
I like to learn more about myself 1
I can play a musical instrument 2
I find it easiest to solve problems when I am doing something physical 3
I often have a song or piece of music in my head 4
I find budgeting and managing my money easy 5
I find it easy to make up stories 6
I have always been physically well co-ordinated 7
When talking to someone, I tend to listen to the words they use not just what they 8
mean
I enjoy crosswords, word searches or other word puzzles 9
I don’t like ambiguity, I like things to be clear 10
Add the scores or ticks in each column and write the total for each
column in the boxes on the right.
Your highest scores indicate your natural strengths and potential -
your natural intelligences.
There are no right or wrong answers.
We are happiest and most successful when we learn, develop,
and work in ways that make best use of our natural intelligences
(our strengths and style and brain-type in other words).