Gabriela Bojanopol

1. Activity 1. What do you think this picture represents?
Activity 2. Read the information below and try to answer question 1 again. Refer to the
Communication for Democratic Citizenship section, mainly to “Reporting ideas and
information”.
“Multiple Intelligences Theory” was developed by Howard Gardner. His thesis was that
individuals do not have just one type of intelligence, such as might be measured by an IQ
test, but several. Gardner identified the first 7 intelligences in his book Frames of Mind and
has since added two more.
He defined “intelligence” in the following ways:
 The ability to create an effective product or offer a service that is valued in a culture;
 A set of skills that make it possible for a person to solve problems in life;
 The potential for finding or creating solutions for problems, which involves gathering new
knowledge.
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He stated that:
 All human beings possess all nine intelligences in varying amounts;
 Each person has a different intellectual composition;
 These intelligences are located in different areas of the brain and can either work
independently or together;
 People do not learn in the same way at the same time.
Find the 9 Intelligences of MI Theory to the following link
http://www.slideshare.net/matrixm/annex1-mi-theory
Activity 3. Find out more about your intelligences by taking the test on the computer. Insert
the following address: http://www.mitest.com/omitest.htm. You can also search for the
Howard Gardner test on Google and then click on Multiple Intelligence Test for Children.
Read the results of the test on the computer.
Activity 4. Read the table on the next page and then answer the questions:
- Do you think that the scores you made are true for you? Exchange scores with your
desk-mate and decide whether his/hers corresponds to your opinion of him/her.
- How useful can these tests be? Explain.
- Do you believe in such theories and tests? Give arguments for any answer.