Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles

Perly G. Ilustre Nucleus Review Center May 25, 2013

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A smart child is one with strong reading, writing and mathematical skills.

"It's not how smart you are, it's how you are smart."
- Howard Gardner

The Eight Different Types of Intelligence

Multiple Intelligences

Verbal/ Linguistic People with Linguistic intelligence are naturally good with writing or speaking and memorization.

Multiple Intelligences
Verbal/ Linguistic The ability to use language to: describe events build trust and rapport develop logical arguments and use rhetoric, or be expressive and metaphoric

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use linguistic intelligence: journalist administrator contractor salesperson clergy counselors

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use linguistic intelligence: lawyer professor philosopher playwright poet advertising copywriter Novelist file://localhost/Users/perlyilustre/Documents/car eers_Linguistic intelligence.pptx

Enhancing Linguistic Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: ____1) Read the newspaper? ____2) Join a book club? ____3) Have a regular storytelling time (with a friend or with you?) ____4) Use one new word in conversation every day? ____5) Listen to audio recordings of literary pieces by great speakers?

Enhancing Linguistic Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Play word games? _____7) Read aloud in front of a mirror like a TV announcer? _____8) Teach his/ her other siblings to read? _____9) Regularly visit the library or the bookstore? _____10)Look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary?

Multiple Intelligences

Logical-Mathematical People with Logical intelligence are driven by logic and reasoning.

Multiple Intelligences
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence is the ability to: use numbers to compute and describe use mathematical concepts to make conjectures apply mathematics in personal daily life apply mathematics to data and construct arguments

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Logical-Mathematical Intelligence is the ability to: be sensitive to the patterns, symmetry, logic, and aesthetics of mathematics solve problems in design and modeling

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Possible vocations that use the logical mathematics intelligence: accountant bookkeeper statistician trades person

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the logical mathematics intelligence: computer programmer scientist composer engineer inventor Designer file://localhost/Users/perlyilustre/Document s/careers_Logical-Mathematical.pptx

Enhancing Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Work on puzzles and brainteasers? _____2) Watch TV shows with science concepts such as those in the Discovery Channel? _____3) Conduct family discussions on math and science? _____4) Learn different computer languages (not just simple packages) such as Visual Basic or Java? _____5) Work with Lego bricks and other construction toys?

Enhancing Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Read the business section of the newspaper, and analyze unfamiliar economic or financial ideas? _____7) Establish or become a member of the math or science clubs in school? _____8) Read about the lives and works of famous mathematicians, scientist and other pioneers? _____9) Calculate and solve math problems mentally? _____10) Reason out well in debates and ordinary conversations?

Multiple Intelligences
Musical

People with musical intelligence are musically gifted and have a "good ear" for rhythm and composition.

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Musical Intelligence is the ability to: understand and develop musical technique respond emotionally to music and to work together to use music to meet the needs of others interpret musical forms and ideas to create imaginative and expressive performances and compositions

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Possible vocations that use the musical intelligence: music teacher instrument maker choral, band, and orchestral performer or conductor

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the musical intelligence: music critic or aficionado music collector composer, conductor individual or small group performer

Enhancing Musical Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Attend musical concerts? _____2) Join a choir in the church or community? _____3) Learn to play a musical instrument? _____4) Try to compose his own song? _____5) Listen to unfamiliar music?

Enhancing Musical Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Sing with family and friends or even while taking a shower? _____7) Read about the lives and works of famous composers and musicians? _____8) Enroll in a music class? _____9) Memorize facts by putting them to music? _____10) Listen to classical music like Mozarts?

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Visual/ Spatial People with Visual intelligence are good at remembering images and are aware of surroundings.

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Visual/ Spatial intelligence is the ability to: perceive and represent the visual-spatial world accurately arrange color, line, shape, form and space to meet the needs of others interpret and graphically represent visual or spatial ideas transform visual or spatial ideas into imaginative and expressive creations

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use spatial intelligence: illustrator artist guide photographer interior decorator painter

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use spatial intelligence: clothing designer weaver builder architect art critic inventor cinematographer

Enhancing Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Engage family and friends in art activities? _____2) Use symbols to remember facts taken during class lectures? _____3) Incorporate symbols or icons into class presentation? _____4) Study geometry? _____5) Learn photography or design?

Enhancing Visual-Spatial Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Play visual thinking games such as Pictionary or tic-tac-toe? _____7) Work on Rubics cube or jigsaw puzzles? _____8) Organize or become a member of an art club in school or community? _____9) Attend art exhibits? _____10) Learn how to interpret diagrams or maps?

Multiple Intelligences

Bodily-Kinesthetic People with Kinesthetic intelligence love movement, have good motor skills and are aware of their bodies.

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Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence is the ability to: use the body and tools to take effective action or to construct or repair build rapport to console and persuade and to support others

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Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence is the ability to: plan strategically or to critique the actions of the body appreciate the aesthetics of the body and to use those values to create new forms of expression

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the bodily kinesthetic intelligence: mechanic trainer contractor craftsperson coach

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Possible vocations that use the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence: sports analyst professional athlete dance critic sculptor choreographer actor dancer puppeteer

Enhancing Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Enroll in an aerobic or dance class? _____2) Learn martial arts like taekwondo? _____3) Learn solo sports such as swimming? _____4) Engage in team sports such as basketball? _____5) Join a theater group?

Enhancing Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Play charades with friends and family? _____7) Study crafts such as weaving or woodcarving? _____8) Exercise regularly outdoors or in the gym? _____9) Engage in a hands-on hobby at home like cooking or gardening? _____10) Learn tai-chi or yoga for relaxation and awareness?

Multiple Intelligences

Interpersonal People with Interpersonal intelligence are good with people and thrive in social interactions.

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Interpersonal Intelligence is the ability to: organize people communicate clearly what needs to be done use empathy to help others and to solve problems

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Interpersonal Intelligence is the ability to: discriminate and interpret among different kinds of interpersonal clues influence and inspire others to work towards a common goal

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Possible vocations that use the interpersonal intelligence: administrator manager politician social worker doctor

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the interpersonal intelligence: nurse therapist teacher sociologist psychologist

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the interpersonal intelligence: psychotherapist consultant charismatic leader politician evangelist

Enhancing Interpersonal Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Participate avidly in regular family gettogethers at home? _____2) Assume a leadership role in a school organization? _____3) Join or volunteer for a civic organization? _____4) Get to know people from other cultures? _____5) Keep in touch regularly with friends, relatives, and neighbors who have moved to other locations?

Enhancing Interpersonal Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Read about the lives of Filipino and foreign leaders such as Ninoy Aquino, John K. Kennedy, Winston Churchill? _____7) Organize intellectually stimulating activities in school and home like an evening of games? _____8) Work with or play on a team? _____9) Communicate with others in different modes such as snail mail, email, or text? _____10) Put himself/ herself in other peoples shoes?

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Intrapersonal People with intrapersonal intelligence are adept at looking inward.

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Intrapersonal Intelligence is the ability to: assess one's own strengths, weaknesses, talents, and interests and use them to set goals understand oneself to be of service to others form and develop concepts and theories based on an examination of oneself

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Intrapersonal Intelligence is the ability to:

reflect on one's inner moods, intuitions, and temperament and to use them to create or express a personal view

Multiple Intelligences
Possible vocations that use the intrapersonal intelligence: planner small business owner psychologist artist religious leader writer

Enhancing Intrapersonal Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Learn to meditate and free his/ her mind? _____2) Read self-motivation or inspirational books? _____3) Keep a daily diary of ideas, feelings, and memories? _____4) Engage in conversations with the self? _____5) Attend retreats or recollections?

Enhancing Intrapersonal Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Start a business or other challenging undertakings? _____7) Develop short- and long-term goals and review them regularly? _____8) Converse with people who have a strong sense of self? _____9) Learn a new skill by himself/ herself? _____10) Find a quiet place in the home for quiet reflection?

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Naturalist People with Naturalist intelligence have a sensitivity to and appreciation for nature.

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Naturalist Intelligence is the ability to: recognize and classify plants, minerals, and animals, including rocks and grass and all variety of flora and fauna recognize cultural artifacts like cars and sneakers

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Possible vocations that use the naturalist intelligence: conservation biologist teacher lobbyist park service

Enhancing Naturalist Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____1) Initiate tree-planting activities in the school or community? _____2) Learn about ozone depletion, global warming, waste management? _____3) Go on field trips? _____4) Visit a botanical garden, the planetarium or a zoo? _____5) Take care of a pet?

Enhancing Naturalist Intelligence

Do you encourage your child to: _____6) Take care of plants in the backyard? _____7) Observe marine life in rivers, beaches, or the sea? _____8) Take trips to the mountains? _____9) Engage in biological and other science experiments? _____10) Watch TV shows which feature the natural world such as those on National Geographic?

Multiple Intelligences

Always remember!

Multiple Intelligences

Everyone has all the intelligences!

Multiple Intelligences

You can choose to strengthen an intelligence!

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Your set of strengthened intelligences right now is just a snapshot. In time, it can change!

Albert Schweitzer theologian, musician, philosopher, physician, medical missionary

Multiple Intelligences

M. I. is meant to empower, not to label people!

Multiple Intelligences

Knowledge of M.I. should not reinforce natural prejudices or emphasize limitations but broaden students abilities.

What's YOUR Learning Style?

A learning style is the way in which an individual concentrates, processes, and retains difficult information.

What's YOUR Learning Style?

Most children learn in one of the two waysanalytically or globally.

What's YOUR Learning Style?

What's YOUR Learning Style?

What's YOUR Learning Style?

What's YOUR Learning Style?

What's YOUR Learning Style?

What's YOUR Learning Style?

Global learners

Global learners need to understand concepts before they start concentrating on the details. Endless facts tend to bore them and they lose interest fast.

Global learners

They understand things better when they are introduced to them through short stories, illustrations, humor, or anecdotes. Globals like to learn by being actively involved with information that is interesting and related to their lives.

Global learners

Children who prefer soft light and informal seating such as an easy chair, bed, or lying on the carpet, are likely to be global learners.

Global learners

Having the TV on or music playing should not be cause for alarm. Such things actually help global learners by creating an environment that feels comfortable.

Global learners

Group studying is popular with global learners. They may find it more fun and interesting when solving problems with others.

Global learners

Its not unusual for globals to work on several tasks simultaneously, taking frequent breaks in between. Snacking while working is also part of the global learning style.

Analytical learners

Analytic learners follow a more conventional pattern. They prefer to concentrate on a series of facts that move toward a gradual understanding of an overall concept.

Analytical learners

Having information introduced in a stepby-step approach enables children with analytic styles to learn best.

Analytical learners

Children who like to work sitting at a desk, under a bright light, and in quiet surroundings are likely to be analytic learners.

Analytical learners

They tend to concentrate for long stretches at a time without taking breaks or snacking, preferring to work alone on a single task until it is completed.

Dear Parents,

Always remember!

Always remember!

Not Better, Different Each style is different and offers its own particular strengths.

Always remember!

You can support these strengths by allowing your child to study in the way that feels more comfortable.

Always remember!

Most importantlydont expect your child to study the way you did or the way another child does. The result is likely to be frustrating for both for you, and may even prevent your child from learning.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Global learners:

Explain your point by using a story or personal experience.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Global learners:

Use colorful drawings or lists to illustrate points.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Global learners:

Provide snacks.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Global learners:

Allow your child to work with a friend.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Global learners:

Begin by explaining an overall concept, then move to the detail.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Analytic learners:

Speak directly to the point, using clear understandable language.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Analytic learners:

Give directions in a step-by-step manner.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Analytic learners:

Use visual aids, e.g., written lists in addition to verbal directions.

How to hold your childs attention:

for Analytic learners:

Begin with the facts and move to a gradual understanding of the topic.

How to encourage interest in a topic:

For both learning styles: Provide books that are related directly or indirectly to the topic. Ask questions to express your interest in the subject. Help your child do projects about the topic. Encourage children to keep journals about their new findings.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

Adapted from Stipek and Seal:

(1) Stress the importance of learning as a goal: Id rather you work really hard, learn something, and get a B rather than breeze through easily or cheat your way and get an A.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

Which elective will you take? Dont take it
just because the teacher is easy. Which subject will teach you more?

If you join the match club, I think you will learn many interesting things. How many spelling words can you get right this week?

How can we motivate children to do their best?

(2) Emphasize understanding: Will you show me how you solved this math problem?

Its fine to make mistakes but can we go

over your English quiz to see how you can correct them?

What did you learn today in school?

How can we motivate children to do their best?

(3) Talk about personal experiences which have helped you to learn:

When our class took a trip to Manila Zoo,

we learned so much about the differences between a tiger and a leopard. Im sure you will learn from your field trip in Avilon Zoo.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

(4) Explain that mistakes are a natural part of the learning process:

Nobody ever learns anything new without making mistakes. Thomas Edison invented many things, but it
took him more than 100 failures to get the bulb going.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

I wonder what went wrong in your science
project. Do you have any idea why the seeds didnt grow? Lets look at it together, shall we?

You should be helping your little brother learn, not teasing him.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

(5) Tell stories about your own mistakes:

When I was in grade 5, I did not tell anyone I didnt know how to do long division. I got
more and more confused, and thank goodness, my father finally noticed and helped me. Since then, I have made it a point to consult my teachers and friends each time I need help.

How can we motivate children to do their best?

(6) Focus on effort and model your own. When you child fares poorly, dont just say: Next time I know youll do better. Focus on how you can help him do better. I know you tried your best. I think I have another strategy to get this experiment to work.

There are only two mistakes on can make along the road to trut There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;not going all the wa and not starting not going all -the The Buddha way,

and not starting.

Photo romana chapman At Creative Commons Used with permission

- The Buddha

Could you tell me, please, which way I ought to go?

It depends a good deal on where you want to get to.

Thank you! The love of Christ urges us on!