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    In “A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences”, Howard Gardner illustrates how there are a variety of intelligences. Gardner starts off with an example how IQ tests may predict achievement in school but may not predict achievement in life. After finding out certain parts of the brain are responsible for certain functions, such as “Broca’s Area” which is responsible for sentence production, Gardner proposes the existence of multiple intelligences. Multiple studies later led him to propose

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    Multiple Intelligences and Howard Gardner’s Theory A prominent issue striking many individuals through the world today is the use of standardized test to calculate intelligence. According to Howard Gardner, a Harvard graduate and developmental psychologist: “IQ test have generally emphasized verbal and mathematical skills, to the exclusion of other important skills.” He went on to develop a list of eight human intelligences that include a variety of talents that are not assessed on traditional

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    Howard Gardner

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    Howard Gardner was a Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for almost thirty years as a codirector of Harvard’s Project Zero program. (Jacobus 619) The program was dedicated to improving education in school. While Gardner was determined to improve education, he earned many awards and recognition along the way. Some of the awards he earned were MacArthur Foundation Award in 1981 and Grawemeyer Award in Education in 1991 but his most recognized work was the

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    Howard Gardner

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    Internet Activity #10 Howard Gardner is an iterator on psychology. He created the multiple intelligences while at Harvard. He has a profound impact on thinking and practice in education. I will explain his seven different multiple intelligences. Let’s begin with his seven different multiple intelligences. The first of Gardner’s multiple intelligence is linguistic intelligence. This is the spoken and written language. It is also the ability to learn different languages. It is the ability to express

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    Howard Gardner Biography

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    single general ability. To many, Howard Gardner is an influential man in the field of education. He is known for his famous theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner was born on the 11th of July 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His parents Ralph and Hilde Gardner were German-Jewish immigrants who fled the country Germany prior to World War ll. Growing up, he described himself as “a studious child who gained much pleasure from playing the piano". However, Gardner never became a professional pianist

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    Who Is Howard Gardner?

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    For my theorist research project I chose to do Howard Earl Gardner. Howard Gardner is an American developmental psychologist who has a ton of achievement. Howard is known for his theory of intelligence. According to Howard humans are known to have multiple intelligences. To be exact there is actually 8 intelligences that Howard has discovered. Those intelligences are linguistic, logic-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. He is also a

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    The Life of Howard Gardner Howard Gardner was born July 11, 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His parents were German-Jewish immigrants named Ralph and Hilde Gardner. They fled from Germany in 1938 bringing their three year old son Eric. Sadly, he was killed right before Howard’s birth. This tragic accident had a huge impact on his life. Howard knew he was nothing like his family and friends. Being in the Gardner family education was an important aspect. His parents thought he would attend a private

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    Howard Earl Gardner

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    9. Howard Earl Gardner was born on July 11, 1943 in Scranton, Pennsylvania and is currently an adjunct professor of psychology at Harvard University. Gardner is a developmental psychologist best-known for this theory of multiple intelligences. He believes that the established notions of intelligence are restrictive and narrow and that by measuring IQ frequently meant missing out on the other "intelligences" that a person could possess. Gardner has identified and described eight distinct kinds of

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    Everyone has their own way of comprehending certain skills. Humans begin to adapt certain ways of learning when they are little and they continue to use it for the rest of their lives. These techniques we use to learn come from a guy by the name of Howard Gardener. Gardener states that there are nine everyday intelligences that people use to learn. Every human uses at least one of the techniques to learn. People do not think about it when they use it, because it just happens naturally. Humans learn

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    Miranda Critchfield Psy 9 Seven Howard Gardner put together a list of seven intelligences, the first two are applied in schools, the next three are applied in the arts and the last two are what Garder considers personality intelligence. The fist of the seven is logical-mathematical intelligence. This includes being able to solve problems logically, solve mathematical operations, and also solve

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