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Peer reviewedHoerr, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 1997
Educators at the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, employ a schoolwide approach to multiple intelligences. The school changed its practices in three primary directions: curriculum development, student assessment, and communication with parents. Learning centers, living museums, videotaped portfolios, and standardized exam results attest to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Collegiality, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHoerr, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 1994
Describes a Saint Louis elementary school's successful application of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory. What began as a discussion of the nature of intelligence has resulted in a revised curriculum, varied instructional techniques, alternative assessment (using a combination of portfolios, progress reports, profiles, demonstrations…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Intelligence
Peer reviewedHoerr, Thomas R. – Educational Leadership, 1992
Faculty members of a St. Louis, Missouri, pre-K-6 school studied Harold Gardner's theories on multiple intelligences in "Frames of Mind" (1983) and developed a program based on 7 learning modalities. Although implementation varies by classroom, teachers are using all seven intelligences in designing instruction, and a faculty subgroup is…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedHoerr, Thomas R. – Contemporary Education, 1994
Performance on one test captures neither the nuances of intellect nor the criteria for giftedness. The theory of multiple intelligences (MI) greatly enhances discourse on the nature of giftedness. The paper explains MI beyond the linguistic and logical-mathematical traditionally esteemed in schools, highlighting MI theory at one Missouri school.…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Achievement Tests, Curriculum Design, Educational Theories
Hoerr, Thomas R. – 1996
This brief reviews the concept of multiple intelligences (MI) and discusses the implementation of the theory of MI in the New City School, an independent school in St. Louis (Missouri). The theory of MI, as developed by Howard Gardner, says that there are at least seven different intelligences: linguistic, logical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Hoerr, Thomas R. – 2000
The motivation to help students learn has moved many educators to explore multiple intelligences (MI) theory as a tool to help more children succeed. This book relates a decade of experiences in applying MI theory at New City School, an independent St. Louis elementary school. Directed toward educational leaders, the book focuses on the centrality…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Collegiality, Educational Improvement
