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Howard Gardner – Teachers College Press, 2024
For over half a century, Howard Gardner has studied the mind in its various shapes, forms, and operations, culminating in his best-known work, the theory of multiple intelligences. This volume compiles his most compelling essays on the conduct, contours, and complexity of the human mind. After introducing the thinkers who had the greatest…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Multiple Intelligences, Schemata (Cognition), Brain
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Luo, Mingchu Neal; Huang, Mindy – TESOL Journal, 2019
The multiple intelligences (MI) theory has been widely applied to literacy education and English as a second language (ESL) teaching in informing curriculum development and instructional strategies. Using the framework that intelligence shapes human behavior, this study examines the correlations between ESL teachers' MI preferences and their use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Intelligences
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Almeida, Leandro S.; Prieto, Maria Dolores; Ferreira, Aristides I.; Bermejo, Maria Rosario; Ferrando, Mercedes; Ferrandiz, Carmen – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
In the multiple intelligence framework, newer and more contextualized cognitive tasks are suggested as alternative to more traditional psychometric tests. The purpose of this article is to examine whether or not these two types of instruments converge into a general factor of cognitive performance. Thus, the Battery of General and Differential…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Cognitive Ability
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Glick, Beatriz Garcia; Armstrong, Joyce; Marchese, Marc – Learning Languages, 2010
According to the Theory of Multiple Intelligences of Howard Gardner, there are eight intelligences. In the present study with two FLES classes, 35 students were asked to present Spanish vocabulary to their class to link their preferences of techniques used to introduce the vocabulary to their classmates with a spectrum of their multiple…
Descriptors: Validity, Vocabulary, Multiple Intelligences, Grade 4
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Kim, In-Seok – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2009
Many teachers and researchers believe learning preferences or learning styles can be used advantageously to enhance language study and motivate learners. Following an overview of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI) and research on multimedia-based approaches in foreign language instruction, this paper first describes a study comparing…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Computer Software, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Chan, David W. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2008
This study examined the self-perceived intelligences (multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, and successful intelligence) of 498 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. Based on the associations among perceived intelligence scores, three dimensions could be distinguished to describe giftedness and could be interpreted as global giftedness,…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Emotional Intelligence, Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries