MI Chapter 3

This chapter taught me about the importance of knowing how the intelligences factor into a student’s life.  Knowing that a student prefers reading something over acting it out helps the teacher to be able to adequately assess a student’s progress during instruction.  Instead of not learning, it’s possible that the student cannot express what he or she learned in the medium required and simply needs another option to demonstrate what he or she learned.  I also learned that it is beneficial to keep recorded observations of what intelligences students exhibit to use for multiple purposes within the classroom. I like this idea of keeping a collection of notes for each student and I do see how it is relevant for teachers.  With large high school classes, it is not as feasible, but still entirely possible, and I think I would like to try some variation of this, perhaps even during practicum.  I also would like to use the various methods of assessment in my classroom to help me design lessons that better accommodate students throughout the intelligence span.