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Miller, Lynda – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article views literacy as a broad-based set of abilities reflecting intelligence across many competencies, including language, musical, logical, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonal, linguistic, and spatial competencies. Described is a model of language competence which allows for assessment of those language skills bearing on academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education
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Zener, Rita Schaefer – NAMTA Journal, 1996
Examines verbal/linguistic and visual/spatial intelligences and their relationship to Montessori education. Aligns Gardner's philosophy of these two intelligences with Montessori's specific counterparts in the prepared environment. Defines assessment in light of observation and the definitive clarity of Montessori activities. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Educational Philosophy, Language Acquisition