Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

In my T&L 445 class today, we talked about and discussed a few different things, including multiple intelligences (MI).

To start out with, we took a simple MI test provided to us by our professor. Out of the nine intelligences it tests, my highest three were Intrapersonal (100 points), Existential (90 points), and Verbal (80 points) intelligences. The others include Interpersonal (70 points), Naturalist, Logical, Musical, and Visual (all 60 points), and Kinesthetic was my lowest, at 40 points.

Those with the intrapersonal learning type like to work by themselves. They also like to apply the information they learn to their own lives, molding and forming how they live through the assimilation of new knowledge. They also learn best through feelings, values, and attitudes.

Those with the existential learning type like to think about the big picture, taking the small chunks that they learn and learning to fit it in with the rest of their knowledge. "This intelligence seeks connections to real world understandings and applications of new learning."

By supporting my top two learning intelligences, as well as accommodating for those who have different learning styles, I will have to form my lessons so that they are influenced by my learning styles and are taught in a way so that those with different learning styles can learn from them. For example, I like discussions where we talk about what we know and then augment our prior knowledge with new knowledge through lectures and activities. The discussion really fits in with the existential learning type. To hit on the others, I would need to teach the lessons and do activities that are influenced by the other learning styles.

The types of technologies that helps stimulate my top two intelligences would be my computer and my video-game consoles. After a day of classes, to "de-stress" and give my brain some cool down time is to come back to my room and play some video games. Through this, I can sort through the thoughts in my head or "tune-out" for a while so I can think about things later on. I can also express my feelings when I write, which I do on my computer.

And finally, I will need to be paying attention to the multiple intelligences expressed in my future students in my future classroom. Paying attention to these will help me to form lessons that will help students learn and gain the knowledge that I want them to obtain.

And with that, this is the end of my post. Until next time! And, as always, take care and God bless.

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Welcome to my new blog! This was created for T&L 445. I hope to use this blog as I go through the steps in becoming a teacher, as well as gearing it towards my classrooms in the future. Take care and God bless.