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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
A. Use your notes to answer the questions below.

1. What is the main topic of the lecture?

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2. What was the topic of the previous class?
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3. Who is Howard Gardner?
a. An archeologist
b. A scientist
c. A psychologist
d. A linguist
4. What is the outline of the lecture?
a. Types of intelligence, Influence on education, Critiques
b. Types of intelligence, Theory of multiple intelligences, Criticisms
c. Types of intelligence, Critiques, Influence on education
d. Theory of multiple intelligence, Criticisms, Impact on education
5. According to the lecture, how many different types of intelligence?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
6. What are they?
a. Linguistic
b. Logical-mathematical
c. Spatial
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e. Bodily-kinesthetic
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7. What is linguistic intelligence?

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8. Name one person who is an example of linguistic intelligence
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9. What is logical-mathematic intelligence?
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10. Name one person who is an example of logical-mathematic intelligence
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11. What is spatial intelligence?
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12. Name one person who is an example of spatial intelligence
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13. What is d. …………………… intelligence?
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14. Name one person who is an example of d. ………………. intelligence
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15. What is bodily-kinesthetic intelligence?
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16. Name one person who is an example of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
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17. What is interpersonal intelligence?
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18. Name one person who is an example of interpersonal intelligence
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19. What is intrapersonal intelligence?

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20. What is the example of a person who uses different intelligences
simultaneously – at the same time – to perform tasks or solve problems?
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21. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the critics of this Multiple
Intelligences theory?
a. Intelligence is used to describe talents or interests so any talent could be
seen as intelligence.
b. No reliable way to test or measure Multiple Intelligences.
c. This makes the study of intelligence meaningless.
d. This confuses teachers and educators.

B. Fill in the blanks with the missing words

Gardner’s ideas have affected teaching in (22)……………..……. ways. First, it (23)
…………………………. schools and teachers to (24)…………….. all types of
students and to understand that students learn in (25)………………………. ways.
Second, teachers are likely to start teaching in different ways including all the 7
intelligences. As a result, a teacher could bring (26)………………….. or graphs to
class to teach. In addition, teachers assess children in a different way, not just with
(27)………………. and (28)……………. test. Students may be allowed to be tested
in their own ways, for example, (29)………….. reports or (30)………………
projects.

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