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Eight Ways of Being Smart
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Intelligence
Area:
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Is
Strong In:
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Likes
to:
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Learns
Best Through:
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Famous
Examples:
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| Verbal-Linguistic
(Word Smart) |
reading,
writing, telling stories, memorizing dates, thinking words |
read,
write, tell stories, talk, memorize, work at puzzles |
reading,
hearing and seeing words, speaking, writing, discussing and debating |
T.S.
Eliot, Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf, Abraham Lincoln |
| Math-Logic
(Number Smart) |
math,
reasoning, logic, problem-solving, patterns |
solve
problems, question, work with numbers, experiment |
working
with patterns and relationships, classifying, categorizing, working with
the abstract |
Albert
Einstein, John Dewey, Susanne Langer |
| Spatial
(Picture Smart) |
reading,
maps, charts, drawing, mazes, puzzles, making images, visualization |
design,
draw, build, create, daydream, look at pictures |
working
with pictures and colors, visualizing, using the minds eye, drawing |
Pablo
Picasso, Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia OKeeffe, Bobby Fischer |
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Bodily-Kinesthetic (Body Smart) |
athletics,
dancing, acting, crafts, using tools |
move
around, touch and talk, use body language |
touching,
moving, processing knowledge through bodily sensations |
Charlie
Chaplin, Martina Navratilova, Magic Johnson |
| Musical
(Music Smart) |
singing,
picking up sounds, remembering melodies, rhythms |
sing,
hum, play an instrument, listen to music |
rhythm,
melody, singing, listening to music and melodies |
Leonard
Bernstein, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ella Fitzgerald |
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Interpersonal (People Smart) |
understanding
people, leading, organizing, communicating, resolving conflicts, selling |
have
friends, talk to people, join groups |
sharing,
comparing, relating, interviewing, cooperating |
Mahandas
Gandhi, Ronald Reagan, Mother Theresa |
| Intrapersonal
(Self Smart) |
understanding
self, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, setting goals |
work
alone, reflect, pursue interests |
working
alone, doing self-paced projects, having space, reflecting |
Eleanor
Roosevelt, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Merton |
| Naturalist
(Nature Smart) |
understanding
nature, making distinctions, identifying flora and fauna |
be
involved with nature, make distinctions |
working
in nature, exploring living things, learning about plants and natural
events |
John
Muir, Charles Darwin, Luther Burbank |
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