This chapter was about MI and cognitive skills. Cognitive skills include memory and problem solving. Many students tend to cram for exams and quizzes and they do not take the time to really learn and absorb the information. Gardner believes that there is no such thing as good or bad memory. Memory is intelligence specific. This chapter gives many different examples of how teachers can help students with different intelligences to solve problems and learn. Examples include thinking aloud (linguistic), logical heuristics (mathematical), visualization/ idea-sketching (Spatial), using hands and fingers to solve problems (bodily-kinesthetic), using music to unlock problem solving (musical), bouncing ideas off other people (interpersonal), analyzing personal feelings (intrapersonal) and using analogies from nature (naturalistic). After students have been taught different memory strategies from all eight intelligences they will be able to see the different strategies that work best for them and apply them to their own studies.
The next thing this chapter talked about was the Christopherian encounters. Gardner suggests that Christopherian encounters are when educators challenge their students by taking them over the edge into areas where they have to confront contradictions in their own thinking. Students will be acquiring knowledge in each lesson, comprehending it, applying it to real life, analyzing that information, synthesizing it and finally evaluating it. This chapter also talked about Blooms Taxonomy, which can help teachers teach for higher thinking and can also be used to evaluate if the students have achieved that goal of higher thinking.
This chapter did a good job at summarizing how to integrate MI into the classroom. Without the ability to remember information and gain problem solving skills students would not be able to learn. Many of the examples that this chapter gave will be helpful tips for use to use in out own classrooms someday. Lots of the students in this class have been forced to memorize states, capitals, presidents; times tables etc. and the strategies given in this chapter will help make learning this information much more interesting.
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Beth,
I really like your first link...it has a lot of good resources on it. Good job :):)
Liz
wow the instructional strategies link is a really great resource. It will be very helpful when revising lesson plans. Great find
Awesome first site Beth. I love how everything is set up on the site because its so easy to follow.
I liked your link on blooms taxonomy. It gave a lot of clear information on the topic at hand.
The first link is great. I love the definitions and ways to use each different type of instruction.
Beth,
I like the first link about instructional strategies, I think it will be really helpful for different ways to teach and accommodate students.
Your first link has some really good resources to write lessons and make worksheets. I plan on going back and using some of these for my lessons.
beth, great link about bloom's taxonomy! it provided a lot of great information!
good job!
I liked the strategies link, it will be very helpful and a great resource
Brenna
Great links,
especially the first one,
great work.
Jason
I really liked your second link to Blooms Taxonomy. The questions link is very helpful.
The link of blooms taxodomy was helpful because I was a little unsure of what that was.
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