Chapter 4: Teaching Students about MI Theory

The fourth chapter in this book deals with ways to introduce the Multiple Intelligence theory to students. I learned a valuable trick when asking the class questions about what types of intelligences they have. It was suggested to ask questions that are designed to include people. Questions that are only answered by a few students, while the child may have a higher intelligence in that area, can give the other students a built in excuse for not doing work. There were some example activities to introduce the multiple intelligences to the students that would work nicely such as the intelligence treasure hunt.