All students possess every one of the intelligences. The difference lies in the degree or amount of the intelligence they possess. Each student can learn how to strengthen each of their intelligences. They should not use them as crutches or excuses to avoid trying new activities.  Instead, awareness of strenghts can provide strategies to imrove areas of weakness.

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	LINGUISTIC To think in words and to use language to express and understand complex meanings.  Sensitivity to the meaning of  words, their sounds,  rhythms, and inflections. To reflect on the use of language in everyday life.
	MUSICAL To think in sounds, rhythms, melodies and rhymes. To be sensitive to pitch, rhythm, timbre and tone. To be able to recognize, create and reproduce music by using an instrument or the voice.  It involves active listening and there is a strong connection between music and emotions.
	SPATIAL To think in pictures and to perceive the visual world accurately.  To be able to think in three-dimensions and to transform one's perceptions and re-create aspects of one's visual experience via imagination. To work with objects.
	LOGICAL-MATHEMATICAL To think of cause and effect connections and to understand relationships among actions, objects or ideas. To be able to calculate, quantify, consider propositions and perform complex mathematical or logical operations.  It involves inductive and deductive reasoning skills as well as critical and creative problem-solving.
	BODILY-KINESTHETIC To think in movements and to use the body in skilled and complicated ways for expressive as well as goal-directed activities.  It involves a sense of timing and coordination for whole body movement and the use of hands for manipulating objects.
	INTERPERSONAL To think about and understand another person. To have empathy and recognize distinctions among people and to appreciate their perspectives with a sensitivity to their motives, moods and intentions.  It involves interacting effectively with one or more people among family, friends or working relationships.
	INTRAPERSONAL To think about and understand one's self. To be aware of one's strengths and weaknesses and to plan effectively to achieve personal goals. It involves reflecting on and monitoring one's thoughts and feelings and regulating them effectively. The ability to monitor one's self in interpersonal relationships and to act with personal efficacy.
	NATURALIST To understand the natural world including plants, animals and scientific studies.  To be able to recognize and classify individuals, species and ecological relationships.  To interact effectively with living creatures and discern patterns of life and natural forces.

• Dr. Howard Gardner, Harvard University, Author of Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
• MIDAS (Multiple Intelligence Development Assesment Scales)

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