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Multiple Intelligence Key

 ICONS

 Intelligence

 Description
   Verbal/Linguistic

Deals with words and language, both written and spoken.

Analyzing own use of language
Remembering
Using humor
Explaining, teaching, learning
Understanding syntax and meaning of words
Convincing someone to do something

  Interpersonal

Has to do with person-to-person relationships and communication.

Creating and maintaining synergy
Seeing things from others' perspectives
Cooperating within a group
Noticing and making distinctions among others
Communicating verbally and nonverbally

   Bodily/Kinesthetic

Relates to physical movement and the wisdom of the body; uses brain's motor cortex, which controls bodily motion.

Connecting mind and body
Using mimetic abilities
Improving body functions
Controlling movements previously learned
Controlling voluntary movements
Expanding whole body's awareness

   Musical/Rhythmic

Deals with recognizing tonal patterns, sounds, rhythms, and beats.

Sensing tonal qualities
Creating melodies and rhythms
Being sensitive to sounds
Using "schemas" to hear music
Understanding the structure of music

   Visual/Spatial

Relies on sense of sight and ability to visualize; includes ability to create mental images.

Perceiving objects accurately
Recognizing relationships between objects
Representing something graphically
Manipulating images
Finding one's way in space
Forming mental pictures
Imagining

   Logical/Mathematical

Deals with inductive and deductive thinking, numbers, and abstract patterns; sometimes called scientific thinking.

Recognizing abstract patterns
Reasoning inductively
Reasoning deductively
Discerning relationships and connections
Performing complex calculations
Reasoning scientifically

   Intrapersonal

Relates to self-reflection, metacognition, awareness of internal states of being.

Concentrating
Being mindful
Evaluating one's own thinking
Being aware of and expressing various feelings
Thinking and reasoning on higher levels
Understanding self in relationship to others

   Naturalist

Relates to your knowledge, understanding, and concern for nature the environment

Knows a lot about plants
Knows a lot about animals
Recognizes flora and fauna
Makes consequential distinctions in the natural world
Uses this ability productively in hunting, in farming, in biological science
Enjoys the outdoors and to be comfortable with nature

LINKS:

http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/miinventory.php

Teacher Made Inventory

Credits:

David Lazear, Multiple Intelligence Approaches to Assessment , Zephyr Press 1994
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Written by: Kathee Terry and Martine Wayman