Howard Gardner, David Perkins, and Robert Sternberg have all been rather effective in helping increase the knowledge of the meaning of intelligence and applications of this information to education. Theories of Intelligence (Links to an external site.)(http://otec.uoregon.edu/intelligence.htm#Gardner).
Read about the theory of Howard Gardner. Discuss at least one interesting fact from this theorist and your rationale for why you find it interesting for discussion. How does this theory relate to your personal learning styles and experiences of how you were taught in school? Give one specific example that you remember of an experience from school that relates to this theory.
1. Theories of Intelligence (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://otec.uoregon.edu/intelligence.htm
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Discusses Gardner’s, Perkins’, and Sternberg’s definitions of intelligence, as well as their intelligence theories.
