2. Targeting an Intelligence
When writing a
lesson plan, most
teachers teach to
the majority of
their students.
The downside to
this that not
everyone learns
in the same way.
3. Teachers must know When teaching
that it is imperative they know who
their students really are.
4. Also When giving an assignment it
is important they know how to
address as many intelligences as
possible.
5. Different learning Styles
• In 1983 Dr. Howard Gardner, of Harvard University,
developed his theory of multiple intelligences.
• He believed that no two people learned the same
way.
• He proposed the following eight different
intelligences.
6. Dr. Howard Gardner’s Intelligence Classifications
Linguistic “Word Smart”
Logical-Mathematical “Number/Reasoning Smart”
Spatial “Picture Smart”
Bodily-Kinesthetic “Body Smart”
Musical “Music Smart”
Interpersonal “People Smart”
Intrapersonal “Self Smart”
Naturalist “Nature Smart”
7. However, his hypothesis has been
reviewed over time and scholars arrived
at 3 basic learning styles which are:
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic/ Manipulative
8. Learning style is defined as the way
information is processed. It focuses on
strengths, not weaknesses.
There is no right or wrong learning style
9. BASIC LEARNING STYLES
Visual learners learn by watching (they think in pictures). They call
up images from the past when trying to remember. They picture
the way things look in their heads. Forty percent of secondary
students fall into this category.
20. BASIC LEARNING STYLES
AUDITORY
Auditory learners students learn by listening (lectures,
discussions, tapes etc) and remember facts when they are
presented in the form of a poem, song or melody.
. They can sometimes have trouble reading, because they don't
visualize well.
26. Remember by verbalizing lessons to themselves
( if they don’t have difficulty reading maps or diagrams or
handling conceptual assignments like mathematics)
27. They can sometimes have trouble reading, because
they don't visualize well
28. KINESTHETIC/ TACTILE
Kinesthetic learners learn best through movement and manipulation (via
experience – moving, touching and doing). They like to find out how things
work and are often successful in the practical in the arts, such as carpentry
or design. These students make up 50 percent of secondary students and
have difficulty learning in a traditional setting.
46. CONCLUSION
Since not everyone remembers things the same way, it is
imperative for a teacher to come up with as many “tricks” as
they can to help their students. Songs, mnemonic devices,
songs, diagrams, games, acronyms and analogies are some
examples.
