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Viens, Julie; Kallenbach, Silja – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
Dr. Howard Gardner's introduction of multiple intelligences theory (MI theory) in 1983 generated considerable interest in the educational community. Multiple intelligences was a provocative new theory, claiming at least seven relatively independent intelligences. MI theory presented a conception of intelligence that was in marked contrast to the…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Learning Theories, Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Kerka, Sandra – 1999
According to the theory of multiple intelligences (MI), intelligence is a set of abilities, talents, and skills in eight areas: mathematical-logical, spatial-visual, bodily-kinesthetic, musical-rhythmic, verbal-linguistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. All humans possess these intelligences in varying degrees, and most people can…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Kerka, Sandra – 2000
Howard Gardner and others have continued to expand on Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI), a broad range of abilities people use to learn, solve problems, and create. Whereas most past studies and practical applications of MI theory have focused on learners in grades K-12, recent projects are extending MI to adult education. For…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students