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How often have you wondered why you learn the way you do? When is the most learning taking place in your classroom? What can you do in your teaching to improve the learning of ALL of your students?

In 1983, Howard Gardner developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences. In a paper published on his website regarding the 25th anniversary of his book __Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences__, he reminds us of the different types of multiple intelligences he identified. " Gardner identified seven relatively autonomous capacities that he named the multiple intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. In more recent writings, Gardner added an eighth (naturalist) intelligence and continues to speculate about a possible ninth (existential) intelligence."

The 25th anniversary of the publication of Howard Gardner’s //Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences// (2008). Retrieved 11/7/09. www.howardgardner.com/Papers/papers.html

Dr. Gardner sums up intelligence with this quote found on the Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education (2009) website: “Intelligence is the capacity to do something useful in the society in which we live. Intelligence is the ability to respond successfully to new situations and the capacity to learn from one’s past experiences.”
 * —Dr. Howard Gardner, author, //Frames of Mind// and //Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice//**

Multiple Intelligences - Introduction (2009). Retrieved 11/13/09. literacyworks.org/mi/intro/index.html

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