use your brain – or your smarts! adapted from:

USE YOUR BRAIN –Or Your Smarts!

Adapted from:

www.gallaudet.edu/documents/academic/.../mi.

Who is intelligent?

8 Kinds of Smarts or Intelligences

1. Word Smart or Linguistic

2. Logic Smart or Logical/ Mathematical

3. Image Smart or Spatial

4. Body Smart or Bodily/ Kinesthetic

5. Sound Smart or Musical

6. People Smart or Interpersonal

7. Self Smart of Intrapersonal

8. Nature Smart or Naturalistic

Can you define intelligence?

Albert Einstein

Logical/ Mathematical Intelligence

• Skilled with numbers & reasoning• “The Questioner”


Cy Young

Bodily/ Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Physical skill• “The Mover”


James A. Garfield

Interpersonal Intelligence• Skills of social understanding• “The Socializer”


Helen Keller

Intrapersonal Intelligence• Skills of self-knowledge• “The Individual”


Sacagawea

Naturalistic Intelligence• Skills of making connection to elements in nature• “The Outdoorsman”

Word Smart or Linguistic

If you have strong linguistic intelligence you might learn better by

• Reading• Memorizing• Playing word games (Words With Friends, Anagrams)• Making up rhymes

Logic Smart or Logical/Mathematical Learner

If you have strong logical-mathematical intelligence you might learn better by

• Recording information systematically• Setting up experiments (“What if…?”)

• Playing strategy games (Chess, Checkers)

• Analyzing data • Asking logical questions

Image Smart or Spatial Learner

If you have strong spatial intelligence you might learn better by

• Studying pictures• Watching videos• Using visual, tangible aids• Doing mazes, puzzles • Playing Minecraft?

Body Smart or Bodily/Kinesthetic

LearnerIf you have strong bodily-kinesthetic

intelligence you might learn better by

• Constructing models, using your hands • Exercising while reviewing• Going on fieldtrips to museums, parks... • Asking logical questions

Sound Smart or Musical Learner

If you have strong musical intelligence you might learn better by

• Listening to recordings• Talking to yourself• Making up songs • Mentally repeating information • Reading aloud

People Smart or Interpersonal Learner

If you have strong interpersonal intelligence you might learn better by

• Studying in groups• Comparing information with others• Doing cooperative projects• Relating personal experiences • Being a team player

Self Smart or Intrapersonal Learner

If you have strong intrapersonal intelligence you might learn better by

• Avoiding distractions• Establishing personal goals • Playing solitary games • Setting own pace • Working alone

Nature Smart or Naturalistic Learner

If you have strong naturalistic intelligence you might learn better by

• Studying outside• Learning in the presence of plants & pets• Relating environmental issues to topics• Smelling, seeing touching, tasting,• Observing natural phenomenon

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Making a Prediction

• Which smart is your strongest? Draw a heart by that Smart.

• Which Smart will receive your lowest score? Draw a small smiley face by that Smart.

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