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Peariso, Jamon F. – Online Submission, 2008
Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory has been widely accepted in the field of education for the past two decades. Most educators have been subjugated to the MI theory and to the many issues that its implementation in the classroom brings. This is often done without ever looking at or being presented the critic's view or research on…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Learning Theories, Teaching Methods, Criticism
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Geake, John – Educational Research, 2008
Background: Many popular educational programmes claim to be "brain-based", despite pleas from the neuroscience community that these neuromyths do not have a basis in scientific evidence about the brain. Purpose: The main aim of this paper is to examine several of the most popular neuromyths in the light of the relevant neuroscientific and…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Intelligence, Neurology, Brain
Fluellen, Jerry E., Jr. – Online Submission, 2005
How might human intelligence evolve over the next 100 years? This issue paper explores that idea. First, the paper summarizes five emerging perspectives about human intelligence: Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory, Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, Ellen Langer's mindfulness theory, David Perkins' learnable…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Brain, Multiple Intelligences, Intelligence
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Demorest, Steven M.; Morrison, Steven J. – Music Educators Journal, 2000
Asks whether music makes people smarter stating that music education makes people smarter in music. Reviews well-known studies on the "Mozart Effect," keyboard training, and music and academic achievement. Addresses where the studies are misinterpreted/overstated and identifies alternative points that teachers can emphasize. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Brain, Educational Research, Higher Education
Hyun, Eunsook – 2000
Based on the view that young children have a different intellectual culture from adults' in the way they know and understand nature, this paper explores ecological human brain development, children's intellectual culture of naturalist intelligence, and developmentally and culturally congruent curricula for young children. The paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Culturally Relevant Education, Curiosity
Lazear, David G. – 1992
Over the past 50 years, brain researchers have stated that human beings probably use less than 1 percent of the brain's potential, and research findings about human intelligence have transformed almost all previous definitions of intelligence. This booklet addresses the following key findings in intelligence research: intelligence is not fixed or…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions