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Knodt, Jean Sausele – Educational Leadership, 1997
In a Virginia school grounded in Gardner's multiple-intelligences theory, K-12 students flock to the think tank, a hands-on discovery room, to explore their varied abilities. This well-equipped room synthesizes many ideas and theories, such as Socratic questioning and John Dewey's discovery-learning ideas. Because multiple ways of smartness are…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development

Hoerr, 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
Bowen, Jean; Hawkins, Marianne; King, Carol – 1997
Based on the theory of multiple intelligences, this guide is designed for teachers as they assist students through a progression from understanding multiple intelligences and their own intelligence strengths to developing strategies to set clear educational goals, discover their passions, and develop self-advocacy. The guide's units, each of which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Individual Differences, Individual Needs
Instructor, 1992
Research suggests children have seven distinct intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal). The article presents ideas to help elementary teachers develop intelligences in their students. It describes the project approach to providing multiple opportunities for using…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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