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Friday, January 25, 2013

Eight types of intelligence

There are eight types of intelligence

1- Linguistic intelligence - the gift of words. 
Linguistic intelligent people best understand the world through the spoken and written word. 

2-Visual/Spatial Intelligence - the gift of pictures 
Visual/Spatial intelligent people best understand the world through visualization and spatial orientation. 

3- Musical - The gift of music 
Musical intelligent people best understand the world through rhythm and melody.

4- Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence - the gift of body
Bodily Kinesthetic intelligent people best understand the world through physicality.

5- Logical /Mathematical - the gift of logic and numbers
Mathematically and Logically intelligent people best understand the world through cause and effect.

6- Interpersonal Intelligence- the gift of people
Socially intelligent people best understand the world through the eyes of others.

7- Intrapersonal - the gift of self 
Intrapersonally intelligent people best understand the world from their unique point of view. 

8- Naturalist Intelligence- the gift of nature 
Environmentally intelligent people best understand the world from their unique point of view .

The presence of eight different types of intelligence doesn't mean that you have only one of them ! , you might be having one , or more types of intelligence ,  but in different ratios . 
What really matters , the type of intelligence that is mostly found in each of your students !? , knowing this will cut the way to your student short , as it will give you the key that you need to make it easy for your student to get to understand your lesson.. Try to figure it out , that will make teaching  much much easier for you.


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  1. forties-beauty@blogspot.comJanuary 26, 2013 at 3:36 AM

    i may have z 8 types in one class.?? right??
    how could i cover that

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  2. Class MaestroJanuary 26, 2013 at 6:38 AM

    First of all you need to ask about the way to get to know the major type of Intelligence for each of your students , but anyway i will give you a small tip to answer your question.
    after deciding the major type of intelligence of each student , you can gather the students who have the same major type of intelligence together in small groups , give each group a name or a title that can be a code for their intelligence type, start designing the suitable activities that are matching with each type of intelligence , students can work using your teaching aids in groups .. you may use different methods at one time , if you are gona group them .
    in a different post we can speak more about this , but after giving you some ideas about how to figure out the major type of intelligence for each student , hope you are satisfied :)

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  3. UnknownJanuary 27, 2013 at 11:03 AM

    Differentiation is the name of the game.

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