Activities I Can do to Show What I Know

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Self-knowledge Multiple Intelligences

Activities I Can do to Show What I Know

Visual Intelligence

• Make a flow chart of a process you’re studying.

• Create diagrams of the information (paint, draw, or sculpt with clay).

• Visualize how to use the learning in your life.

• Mind map the information on a page.

• Make a montage of the information using pictures cut from a magazine.

Physical Intelligence

• Role-play or act out concepts of the learning.

• Make body movements for the parts of the information.

• Turn the information into a physical game.

• Watch an expert and copy what she does.

• Perform the learning with your body, do it in your mind, then do it again with the body.

Math Intelligence

• Memorize steps involved in what you’re learning.

• Explain why each part is necessary to the whole.

• Make graphs of related facts and figures.

• Make an outline of the key points and sub points.

• Use different thinking patterns to analyze the information.

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Activities, p. 2

Nature Intelligence

• Find equivalents for your information in the animal world.

• Do your study and learning outdoors.

• Visualize how to use the learning in your life.

• Mind-map the information on a page.

• Make a montage of the information using pictures cut from a magazine.

Music Intelligence

• Make up a song about the information.

• Think of background sounds you associate with the learning.

• Match the concepts with appropriate background music.

• Imagine different rhythms or beats for the information.

• Experiment with different ways of speaking to explain the information (loud, soft, fast, and slow).

Language Intelligence

• Turn the information into a limerick or a poem.

• Write it up as a front- page newspaper story.

• Memorize the terms & vocabulary of the topic.

• Turn the information into a children’s story.

• Make up riddles, jokes, or puns based on the information you’re learning.

People Intelligence

• Interview experts in the area you’re studying.

• Explain your learning to a group of friends.

• Learn with others, with each person learning a part then teaching it.

• Join a group that has expertise in what you’re learning.

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Activities, p. 3

• Find mentors to coach you in what you’re learning.

Self-Intelligence

• List personal implications of the knowledge for you.

• Keep a journal of thoughts and feelings as you learn.

• List 10 ways to use what you’re learning right now.

• Reflect on how the learning is changing you.

• Think about the spiritual or universal implications of what you’re learning.

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Multiple Intelligences Vocabulary & Definitions

Language Intelligence

The ability to use language to express one's thoughts and to understand other people orally or in writing.

Music Intelligence

The ability to hear music in one's head, and to hear tones, rhythms, and larger musical patterns.

Math Intelligence

The ability to manipulate numbers, quantities, and operations accompanied by a love of dealing with abstraction.

The ability to represent the spatial world visually in one's mind.

The ability to use the whole body or parts of the body to solve a problem, create a product, or put on some kind of production.

Self-intelligence

The ability to know and understand one’s self, including goals, tendencies, talents, and limitations.

People Intelligence

The ability to notice and make distinctions among other individuals; a strong understanding of other people.

Nature intelligence

The ability to discriminate among living things and to see patterns; also, sensitivity to features of the natural world.

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist

Everyone has natural intelligences (“smarts”) that can be used to find successful and fulfilling career paths. Each of the following intelligences is a sought after talent that is essential in certain types of jobs. While thinking about the activities you enjoy doing the most, check the sentences that apply to you and then enter the total number of “checks”

in each section.

Knowing the ways in which you are intelligent can help you cater to your strengths when faced with new situations. If you encounter a career planning issue, for instance, you can use elements from your most favored intelligences to make sure you are operating at your intellectual best. You might read or write about it, state it as a problem to be solved, create a visual representation, write a song, act it out, talk it over with others, call on your own knowledge/experience, or “get in touch with nature” to help you think it through. You might even choose to use a combination of these activities. Complete the checklists on the next four pages, add up each category, and write the total here:

Checklist Summary:

Physical Intelligence:

People Intelligence:

Self-Intelligence:

Language Intelligence:

Math Intelligence:

Music Intelligence:

Nature Intelligence:

Visual Intelligence:

This checklist is from the California Career Planning Guide which was adapted from one developed by Thomas Armstrong, which appears in Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, a 1994 publication of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA. This exercise was prepared by Cal Crow, Ph. D., (National Training Support Center-Seattle, America’s Career Resource Network) Phone 206 870-3783 / FAX 206-870-5915 / E-mail

[email protected]. The Web address is http://www.learningconnections.org/crow/. Rev. 7- Feb-02.

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist, p. 2 Physical Intelligence:

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I am good at sports.

I fidget when asked to sit for very long.

I am good at mimicking others’ gestures.

I like taking things apart and putting them back together.

I like touching/holding objects and moving them around.

I enjoy being on the go: running, jumping, moving, wrestling, etc.

I like working with my hands, such as repairing and making things.

I use many gestures when expressing myself.

I experience different physical sensations when thinking or working.

I enjoy expressing myself through movement, such as dance.

___ Total

People Intelligence:

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I enjoy socializing.

I am a natural leader.

I am a good listener when friends have problems.

I make friends easily.

I enjoy clubs, committees, and organizations.

I like teaching things to others.

I have many good friends and close acquaintances.

I am good at seeing another person’s point of view.

I enjoy talking to groups.

I enjoy exchanging ideas with others.

Total

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist, p. 3 Self-Intelligence:

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I know how to set goals and reach them.

I clearly know my strengths and weaknesses.

I am comfortable with myself and enjoy my own company.

I feel good about who I am and what I stand for.

I would be described as someone who has my “act together.”

I stand up for what I believe, regardless of what others think.

I am continually learning from my successes and failures.

I am not much concerned about fads, fashion, or what is “in.”

I am always honest and up front about how I am feeling.

I almost never feel bored or “down.”

Total

Language Intelligence:

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I write well and enjoy putting thoughts on paper (or in the computer).

I enjoy telling stories or jokes.

I can remember names, places, dates, or trivia.

I enjoy word games.

I enjoy reading books and magazines.

I am a good speller.

I enjoy nonsense rhymes, limericks, puns, etc.

I enjoy listening to the spoken word.

I have a good vocabulary.

I enjoy communicating by talking or writing.

Total

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist, p. 4 Math Intelligence:

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I ask questions about how things work.

I can do arithmetic problems in my head.

I enjoy math classes.

I enjoy math games, such as, computer math games.

I enjoy chess, checkers, or other strategy games.

I enjoy logic puzzles or brainteasers.

I like to put things in categories or hierarchies.

I like to use a variety of thinking skills to figure things out.

I am good at thinking on an abstract or conceptual level.

I clearly see cause-effect relationships.

Total

Music Intelligence:

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I can distinguish among different sounds/tones.

I remember melodies easily.

I can carry a tune.

I can play a musical instrument.

I often hum or sing to myself.

I am sensitive to noises, such as rain or traffic.

I like doing things in a rhythmic way.

I can hear music in my head.

I enjoy reading music.

I can keep time to a variety of music.

Total

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Multiple Intelligences Checklist, p. 5 Nature Intelligence:

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I am good at classifying plants, animals, rocks, & other natural phenomena.

I would describe myself as having a “green thumb.”

I enjoy collecting and studying items from nature.

I have “a way” with animals.

I learn more from “the great outdoors” than I do in a classroom.

I can name many different types of plants and animals.

I have always been interested in and fascinated by nature.

I watch many nature programs on TV.

I can detect subtleties in appearance and texture.

I view a walk in the woods as a great learning experience.

Total

Visual Intelligence:

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I can visualize things clearly in my mind.

I like maps, charts, and diagrams better than words.

I often daydream.

I enjoy artistic activities.

I am good at drawing things.

I like movies, pictures, and other visual presentations.

I enjoy mazes, jigsaw puzzles, and Rubik’s Cubes.

I can manipulate three-dimensional drawings in my head.

I frequently doodle or sketch.

I enjoy creating designs on paper or by computer.

Total

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Multiple Intelligences and Occupations

• actor

• athlete

• carpenter

• computer game design

• craftsperson

• dancer

• doctor of sports

• firefighter

• forest ranger

• jeweler

• mechanic

• personal trainer

• physical education teacher

• physical therapist

• recreation specialist

• surgeon

• yoga instructor People Intelligence

• actor

• administrator

• communications manager

• conflict resolution specialist

• cruise director

• customer service rep

• dental hygienist

• group mediator

• human resources manager

• marketing specialist

• nurse

• Peace Corps

• politician

• psychologist

• religious leader

• salesperson

• social director

• social worker

• teacher

• trainer facilitator

• travel counselor

• waiter/waitress

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Multiple Intelligences and Occupations, p. 2 Self-intelligence

• actor

• artist

• career counselor

• consultant

• criminologist

• energy healer

• futurist or trend predictor

• intelligence officer

• personal counselor

• philosopher

• program planner

• entrepreneur

• psychic

• psychologist

• researcher

• small business

• owner

• spiritual counselor

• theologian

• therapist

• writer

• wellness counselor Language Intelligence

• attorney

• comedian

• curator

• editor in publishing

• historian

• journalist

• lawyer

• librarian

• marketing consultant

• newscaster

• poet

• politician

• songwriter

• speech-pathologist

• talk-show host

• teacher

• language translator

• writer

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Multiple Intelligences and Occupations, p. 3 Math Intelligence

• accountant

• auditor

• computer analyst

• computer technician

• computer programmer

• database designer

• detective

• economist

• engineer

• lawyer

• mathematician

• network analyst

• pharmacist

• physician

• physicist

• researcher

• scientist

• statistician

• bookkeeper Music Intelligence

• audiologist

• choir director

• disc jockey

• music conductor

• music camp counselor

• music critic

• music lawyer

• music librarian

• music publisher

• music promoter

• music retailer

• music teacher

• music therapist

• musician

• orchestra director

• piano tuner

• recording engineer

• singer

• songwriter

• sound editor

• speech pathologist

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Multiple Intelligences and Occupations, p. 4 Nature Intelligence

• air quality specialist

• animal health tech

• anthropologist

• astronomer

• botanist

• biologist

• dog trainer

• environmental lawyer

• farmer

• forest ranger

• gardener

• geologist

• landscaper

• meteorologist

• nature photographer

• veterinarian assistant

• water conservationist

• wetlands ecologist

• 3D modeling

• architect

• artist

• computer programmer

• engineer

• film animator

• graphic artist

• interior decorator

• photographer

• mechanic

• navigator

• outdoor guide

• pilot

• sculptor

• strategic planner

• surveyor

• truck driver

• urban planner

• webmaster