Sweaty palms, weak knees, differences in breathing patterns and heavy limbs are all symptoms of the academic activity I have grown to hate: Standardized testing. As a pedagogical task used to measure ...

Many people find the idea that there are many different types of intelligence very appealing. Howard Gardner disparages IQ tests as having limited relevance to real life and argued that there may be ...

The theory of multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner, a professor of cognition and education at Harvard University, has gotten a lot of buzz in education circles during the past 20 years, ...

The COVID crisis throws into relief what happens when grief has—quite literally—nowhere to go. The evidence suggests that most people summon strengths that surpass their own expectations. Many people ...

In the vibrant tapestry of any classroom, students come equipped with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and unique ways of processing information. As educators, our responsibility lies not only in ...

The education world gets obsessed sometimes with trying to come up with ways to measure smarts. But today we’re talking with someone who has a history of shaking up the narrative when it comes to ...

The foundations of the theory of multiple intelligences -- MI and personal development -- Describing intelligences in students -- Teaching students about MI theory -- MI and curriculum development -- ...

Decades ago, I was thrilled to chat with renowned psychologist Howard Gardner, who conceived the concept of multiple intelligences. He posits that everyone has not just a single general ability but ...