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Tucker, Bill – English Journal, 1995
Discusses the theory of multiple intelligences and what it tells English teachers about students' writing processes. Discusses results of a study of the writing processes of 10 high school juniors whose cognitive profile featured visual-spatial intelligence and subordinated linguistic aspects. Discusses the importance of matching instructional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Multiple Intelligences, Secondary Education

Gardner, Howard – English Journal, 1995
Discusses applications of the theory of multiple intelligences in the field of education. Distinguishes between "surface" and "deep" applications of the theory. Responds to earlier articles in this journal about the theory of multiple intelligences. (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education

Smagorinsky, Peter – English Journal, 1995
Reviews the theory of multiple intelligences. Offers suggestions for high-school English instruction. Presents a case study of two female students in an alternative school who choreographed a dance in response to a short story. (RS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Dance, English Instruction

Gage, Richard – English Journal, 1995
Suggests that accommodating students' learning styles will bring English classrooms alive. Discusses various learning styles. Describes five strategies for kinesthetic learners. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, English Instruction, Individual Differences

Simeone, Wendy F. – English Journal, 1995
Describes several activities for the kinesthetic learner that were developed for a high-school World Literature curriculum. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Style, English Instruction, High Schools

Evans, Cynthia – English Journal, 1995
Discusses the consequences of tracking students, how one English teacher moved to heterogeneous grouping, and multiple intelligences and tracking. Asks why educators continue to track students when Howard Gardner has shown that there are at least seven distinct ways that humans come to know and learn. (RS)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Cognitive Style, Heterogeneous Grouping, Individual Differences

McClaskey, Janet – English Journal, 1995
Gives practical examples of multiple intelligences in the English classroom. Discusses Howard Gardner's "radicalism,""teaching" intelligence, teaching literature and multiple intelligences, and how a student developed strength in his own intelligences through poetry. (RS)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, English Instruction, Individual Differences