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Musical Intelligence.
Traditionally, students used to be assessed by how smart they were. Today they are assessed by how are they smart, meaning what intelligence types are most predominant in them. Everyone is smart one way or another. The key is to find out which type of intelligence dominates the way a student perceives reality and engages with it.
The main intelligence types are:
1. Linguistic
2. Logical/Mathematical
3. Spatial
4. Body-Kinesthetic
5. Musical
6. Interpersonal
7. Intrapersonal
8. Naturalist
9. Existentialist
Those with Linguistic or Verbal intelligence display ease with words -spoken or written- and languages. These are the story-tellers, the readers and the note-takers, who probably excel at debate and persuasive arguing.
Students whose are primarily Mathematical or Logical tend to think in terms of abstractions and logic or reasoning, and to analyze or investigate everything. They will be the ones solving mathematical problems, programming, playing chess, and methodically following the scientific method. This intelligence type seems to be related to Spatial intelligence.
People whose intelligence tends to be Visual or Spatial [judging space] mentally visualize objects, such as boxes that are opened flat, have great visual memory, and are very proficient at solving puzzles. They may also be artistically inclined, since they have great sense of proportion and symmetry.
On the other hand, students who feel the need to move around and to physically engage the subject matter they are learning about, maybe by building a model or by role playing, tend to memorize with their bodies. They also tend to be great athletes, dancers and performers. These learners have Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence.
Similarly, others memorize by sound, rhythm, beat, and tones, meaning they have a Musical intelligence. They are more apt to learn through songs, be adept at composing music, and to have good pitch, since their sense of hearing is optimal. These students find that they study best with music playing in the background.
Some learners have an Interpersonal intelligence type, which means they are great at interacting with others, at understanding others' differences in moods, personalities, motivations and temperaments. They are the extroverts, who can communicate and lead effectively, and easily empathize with others as well. They enjoy working with other people, especially through arguments and debates.
On the other hand, some students are mostly introverts. They have an Intrapersonal type of intelligence, which makes them highly self-reflective. Since they prefer to work alone, they are extremely effective at thought-based pursuits, such as theology, philosophy, programming, and literature. They seem to learn best by concentrating on a subject by themselves, and tend to be perfectionists who undertand their own feelings, motivations and temperaments very well.
The Naturalistic intelligence is usually very attuned to nature. These learners have the 'green thumb' and are able to nurture anything into blooming, to tame animals, and to easily recognize the changes in weather. They are most comfortable in natural surroundings, dealing with living things, or understanding and classifing different species.
Finally, the Existentialist intelligence type produces the philosophers and thinkers. These students show a remarkable ability to ponder on philosophical questions and to reflect on minute distinctions on topics such as life, death, purpose, meaning, and reality.
Basically, everyone can learn. The objective is to find which intelligence types are most predominant in a learner. Once a student knows how he or she learns, then it is important to learn techniques that work with that intelligence type as aids to learning a subject.
Otherwise, a Naturalistic student will waste time attempting to learn biology by taking and memorizing detailed notes, rather than by attempting to classify organisms, for example. Or, an Intrapersonal learner will attempt to study for a test as part of a study group, rather than by concentrating by himself. These attempts will probably not produce good grades, and the students will erroneously feel they are just not intelligent enough to learn.
With some brainstorming and a little research, all learners can find out how they learn best and exactly how are they smart. Take a quick self-calculating test to find out. [by: businessballs.com]
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For more information:
On the Intelligence Types:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences
On a self-calculating quick test to determine intelligence type:
[Excel-format]
http://www.businessballs.com/freematerialsinexcel/free_multiple_intelligences_test.xls
[Pdf-format]
http://www.businessballs.com/freepdfmaterials/free_multiple_intelligences_test_manual_version.pdf
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