Multiple Intelligences Are a Guide to Understanding How People Learn

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Multiple Intelligences

Multiple intelligences are a guide to understanding how people learn. Everybody has a mind of his or own, so of course people learn differently. However, one learns his or her styles at a young age. For instance, “the theory of multiple intelligences says that individuals are born with the innate capacity to succeed in a particular domain, and education should help to identify and develop students' innate capacities” (The Difference Between Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles, 2014). Thus, learning styles are nurtured by when children are introduced to education.

The intelligence quotient tests were used to determine a person’s knowledge, or abilities. The I.Q. tests were a guide for a person’s intelligence. However, Howard Gardner’s M.I. theories changed how people viewed the I.Q tests, and now know that it is a person’s style in how he or she learn, or relates to a subject. Apparently, not every child is going to view a subject the same way, henceforth, the different learning styles.

According to Gardner (2000), there are eight different intelligences, such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, natural, interpersonal, and intrapersonal (p.5). People have these abilities, but not all of them learn the same way. For instance, one could have musical ability, while another could have mathematical ability. Each person are learning his or her way of learning and by understanding what type of style he or she have, is learning how to teach them.

By studying a person in a controlled environment, such as a schoolroom, one can study how another person learns. Therefore, studies have been done in classrooms to evaluate how students learn. When one study was done, i...

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