CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INTELLIGENCE AND ITS THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Gardner, what is visual/spatial intelligence?
A
The gift of being able to read maps.
B
The gift of understanding what one sees and putting those sights into words.
C
The gift of visually representing and appreciating concepts, ideas, and information, such as through drawing, building, and designing.
D
None of the above.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The visual-spatial learning style is one of eight types of learning styles defined in Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Visual-spatial learning style, or visual-spatial intelligence, refers to a person’s ability to perceive, analyze, and understand visual information in the world around them.

Detailed explanation-2: -The eight types of intelligence described by Gardner include: musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalistic. In 2009, he also suggested two additional types of intelligence, namely, existential and moral.

Detailed explanation-3: -In order to capture the full range of abilities and talents that people possess, Gardner theorizes that people do not have just an intellectual capacity, but have many kinds of intelligence, including musical, interpersonal, spatial-visual, and linguistic intelligences.

Detailed explanation-4: -SEVEN INTELLIGENCES Gardner defines intelligence as “the capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting” (Gardner & Hatch, 1989). Using biological as well as cultural research, he formulated a list of seven intelligences.

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