Chapter 5

Abstract
Using the multiple intelligence theory to apply all eight intelligences in the classroom has proven to be the best technique used for students. Today seventy percent of classroom time is consisted of “teacher talk” or students doing written assignments. Studies have shown that this method is not as effective as strategies used from the eight intelligences. Teachers need to expand their repertoire of techniques, tools, and strategies beyond the typical linguistic and logical classrooms. The book describes how an MI teacher contrasts with a traditional teacher. The traditional teacher will lecture, instruct students to take notes, and give out tests. However, a MI teacher will consistently shift there classroom instruction using the multiple intelligences in creative and innovative ways. The book offers a model that gives a list of techniques and materials that can be used in teaching for all of the intelligences. As Rousseau, an early philosopher, once stated: “a child can not learn by words, but by experience.”

Reflection
We all felt a connection with the examples of using the methods in the classroom. It gave good examples of how to use and apply each intelligence in the curriculum. It also serves as a good outline to follow when thinking about instructional strategies. We believe that thematic structure is also essential for use in the classroom. Students will stay more involved with the work when they understand what it can be applied to and are more likely to remember it. It is also avoids the constant questions of the purpose of the material.

By: Tyler