Intelligence

INTELLIGENCE

PROF.JAMES GRASPARIL

WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE?

PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS AND THE ABILITY TO ADOPT TO AND LEARN TO FROM LIFE’S EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE.

THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE

STERNBERG’S TRIACHIC THEORY

ACCORDING TO ROBERT STERNBERG,INTELLIGENCE COMES IN THREE FORMS: ANALYTICAL,CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL.

ANALYTICAL INTELLIGENCE

INVOLVES THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE,JUDGE,EVALUATE,COMPARE AND CONTRAST.

THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BY LOOKING TO ITS COMPINENTS.

CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE

CONSIST OF THE ABILITY TO CREATE,DESIGN,INVENT,ORIGINATE AND IMAGINE.

THE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BY USING INGENIOUS WAYS.

PRACTICAL INTELLIGENCE

FOCUSES ON THE ABILITY TO USE,APPLY,IMPLEMENT, AND PUT INTO PRACTICE.

ASLO REFFERED AS “STREET SMART”

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE THEORY

DEVELOPED BY DR.HOWARD GARDNER, A HARVARD PROFESSOR ACCORDING TO HIM THERE ARE MANY SPECIFIC TYPE OF INTELLIGENCE.

VERBAL SKILLS

THE ABILITY TO THINK IN WORDS AND TO USE LANGUAGE TO EXPRESS MEANING.(AUTHORS,JOURNALISTS, SPEAKERS)

MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCE

THE ABILITY TO CARRY OUT MATHEMATICAL OPERATION

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

THE ABILITY TO THINK THREE-DIMENSIONALLY (ARCHITECTS,ARTIST)

BODILY KINESTHETIC

THE ABILITY TO MANIPULATE OBJECTS AND BE PHYSICALLY ADEPT.

MUSICAL INTELLIGENCE

A SENSITIVITY TO PITCH, MELODY, RHYTHM, AND TONE A (COMPOSERS, MUSICIANS, AND MUSICAL THERAPIST

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND EFFECTIVELY INTERACT WITH OTHERS (SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS)

INTRAPERSONAL SKILLS

THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ONESELF AND EFFECTIVELY DIRECT ONES’S LIFE (THEOLOGIANS, PSYCHOLOGISTS)

NATURALIST SKILLS

THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE PATTERNS IN NATURE AND UNDERSTAND NATURAL AND HUMAN-MADE SYSTEMS (FARMERS, BOTANISTS, ECOLOGISTS, LANDSCAPERS)

STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING EACH OF GARDNER’S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

VERBAL SKILLS

READ TO CHILDREN AND LET THEM READ TO YOU

VISIT LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES WITH CHILDREN

HAVE CHILDREN SUMMARIZE AND RETELL A STORY THEY HAVE READ

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

PLAY GAMES OF LOGIC WITH CHILDREN

BE ON LOOKOUT FOR SITUATIONS THAT CAN INSPIRE CHILDREN TO THINK ABOUT AND CONSTRUCT AN UNDERSTANDING OF NUMBERS

TAKE CHILDREN ON FIELD TRIPS TO COMPUTER LABS, SCIENCE MUSEUMS, AND ELECTRONIC EXHIBITS

SPATIAL SKILLS

HAVE A VARIETY OF CREATIVE MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN TO USE

TAKE CHILDREN TO ART MUSEUMS AND HANDS-ON CHILDREN MUSEUMS

GO ON WALKS WITH CHILDREN. WHEN THEY GET BACK, ASK THEM TO VISUALIZE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN AND THEN DRAW A MAP OF THEIR EXPERIENCES

BODILY-KINESTHETIC SKILLS

PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH OPPURTUNITIES FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE

PROVIDE AREAS WHERE CHILDREN CAN PLAY INDOORS AND OUTDOORS. IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, TAKE THEM TO A PARK

ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE IN DANCE ACTIVITIES

MUSICAL SKILLS

GIVE CHILDREN AN OPPURTUNITY TO PLAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

CREATE OPPURTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE MUSIC AND RHYTHMS TOGETHER USING VOICES AND INSTRUMENTS

TAKE CHILDREN TO CONCERTS

INTRAPERSONAL SKILLS

ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO HAVE HOBBIES AND INTERESTS

LISTEN CHILDREN’S FEELINGS AND GIVE THEM SENSITIVE FEEDBACK

HAVE CHILDREN KEEP A JOURNAL OR SCRAPBOOK OF THEIR IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO WORK IN GROUPS

HELP CHILDREN TO DEVELOP COMMUNICATION SKILLS

PROVIDE GROUP GAMES FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY

NATURALIST SKILLS

CREATE A NATURALIST LEARNING TO CENTER IN THE CLASSROOM

ENGAGE CHILDREN IN OUTDOOR NATURALIST ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS TAKING A NATURE WALK OR ADOPTING A TREE

HAVE CHILDREN MAKE COLLECTIONS OF FLORA OR FAUNA AND CLASSIFY THEM