CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

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According to Howard Gardner, there are 8 types of Multiple Intelligence. People who are strong in this intelligence like movement, making things, touching. They communicate well through body language and be taught through physical activity, hands-on learning, acting out, role playing. Which type of intelligence does this refer to?
A
Visual/Spatial
B
Verbal/Linguistic
C
Bodily/Kinesthetic
D
Logical/Mathematical
E
Musical/Rhythmic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bodily-kinesthetic-use the body effectively, like a dancer or a surgeon. Keen sense of body awareness. They like movement, making things, touching. They communicate well through body language and be taught through physical activity, hands-on learning, acting out, role playing.

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: -As defined by Gardner, the intelligences are logical-mathematical, spatial, linguistic, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic and existential.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gardner’s early work in psychology and later in human cognition and human potential led to his development of the initial six intelligences. Today there are nine intelligences, and the possibility of others may eventually expand the list.

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