This chapter gave me a good overview of each of the eight intelligences; I had heard of all of them before, but this was the first time that I had seen any descriptions of them. I found the chart explaining different aspects of the multiple intelligences quite interesting, especially the developmental factors and how the intelligences are valued in today’s culture. Knowing what the eight intelligences are and how they manifest in various people will help me to design lessons that will allow each student to use the intelligences that he or she is strong in as well as develop those that are not as strong. I think it helps to know that people are intelligent in different areas so that you can create units that allow students to take advantage of their intelligences and you know not to expect all students to perform the same way. I’d also like to have different areas in my classroom filled with resources for each intelligence so that students can work to increase their strengths in all of the eight intelligences when they are not working on classwork. Understanding that each student’s mind works differently will help me to work with each of them in the most effective way for their learning; I’ll be able to provide adequate instruction for each of them and I will be able to assess them in a manner that takes their varying intelligences into account.
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