Chapter Three Response

Abstract:
This chapter was about how to find out which of the eight intelligences your studens possess. It is true that every person does have the ability to exhibit all eight intelligences there are certain ones that they are more inclined to and that will help them learn better. The chapter also gives teachers tools to help you determine how to find out what your students learning inclinations are. Some suggestions are collecting documents, looking at school records, talking with other teachers, talking with parents, asking the students themselves, and setting up special activities. Another is to simply observe what your students do in their free time and the habits they exhibit while learning.

Reactions:
Everyone in our group found this chapter helpful and we all felt as though it gave us good strategies on how to help our students learn better. We all agreed that we could see us using some of these strategies in the classroom. Tyler and Katie both thought that it was particularly important for them to identify student intelligences early because in most health classes in the state of Maine you only get to have the students for a semester a year. Also, we all made a note of how important it is for us to take the time to do this because we do not get to spend as much time with students as elementary teachers do. Rich said that he loved this chapter because he will be better able to reach the students if he takes them time to learn their intelligences. The tool I enjoyed the most was simply asking the student themselves about how they feel they learn best. Students from a very early age are beautifully insightful about themselves.


Posted by Katelyn