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Want a quick look at the multiple intelligences and how to strengthen them?
 Check out the table below.

 
Key: Analytic Intelligences =  Green; Introspective Intelligences = Pink
Interactive Intelligences = Blue

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Bodily-
Kinesthetic

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ability to control body movements to express ideas and feelings

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ability to handle objects skillfully

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ability to learn by interaction participation, and movement

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hands-on learning, role playing, drama, movement, things to build, sports and physical games, tactile experiences, dance, exercise

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manipulatives, typing, computer mouse activities

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act, play charades, use sign language,
dance out the meaning of a word or idea,
clap out the syllables of new words

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Existential

 

(proposed)

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sensitivity to asking profound questions about life

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the human response to being alive and to seeing one's place in the "big picture"

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emphasis on classical values of truth, beauty, goodness

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can place self within time and space (cosmos) such as total immersion in a work of art or project or profound love for another human

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time for "Deep Questions

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time for total immersion in a project or reading an engaging book

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Interpersonal

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ability to focus outward to others

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ability to communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with others

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ability to form relationships

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ability to sense others' moods, temperaments, intentions, and motivations

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warm, accepting classroom environment

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collaborative groups, pairs, triads

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peer teaching

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active listening

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empathy and understanding

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social interaction

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work with a partner to say/spell words

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form peer coaching teams to help learn 

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play games in small groups

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Intrapersonal

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ability to look inward to examine one's feelings and thoughts, strengths, weaknesses, desires, and goals

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ability to express one's inner self

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ability to control one's thoughts and emotions and work with them

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a drive for self-actualization

bulletnurturing classroom environment
bulletindependent learning and imagination
bulletquiet time and private places for reflection
bullet journal writing, portfolios
bulletexploration of interests and abilities
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goal setting 

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thinking about the ways learning best occurs

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self-evaluation

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Logical-
Mathematical

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ability to use numbers effectively

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ability to use inductive and deductive reasoning

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ability to discern logical or numerical abstract patterns

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classifying, categorizing, analyzing

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outlining, organizing, deciphering or creating codes, finding patterns and relationships

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buying, selling, trading goods; playing games of strategy

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Musical

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sensitivity to pitch (melody), rhythm, and timbre (tone)

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appreciation of music

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ability to express oneself through rhythm, music, or dance

 

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listening to music, creating and playing instruments, singing and dancing, expressing feelings with music

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play background music while students work

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field trips to symphony, opera, musical

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Music Ace software

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tap out syllables

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create a rap incorporating vocabulary words

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write a song and sing it

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Naturalist

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understands, appreciates, enjoys the natural world

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observes, understands, and organizes patterns in the natural environment

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notices subtleties in texture, sounds, appearances

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observing, classifying, grouping

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conducting science experiments

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hands-on labs, creating classroom habitats, caring for animals and plants

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Verbal-
Linguistic

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sensitivity to semantics - the meaning of words

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sensitivity to phonology - sounds, rhythms, inflections

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sensitivity to syntax - word order

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sensitivity to functions of language - convey information, stimulate, please, excite, persuade

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reading, speaking, listening, writing

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word games, rapping, debate, storytelling, choral reading, silent reading

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storyboards, tape recorders, word processing, desktop publishing

Intelligence Key Traits Ways to Strengthen
Visual-
Spatial

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ability to think in pictures

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ability to perceive the visual-spatial world accurately

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ability to  graphically represent visual or spatial ideas

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ability to orient the body in space

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sensitivity to color, line, form, shape, and space

bulletvisually-rich classroom environment with pictures and color
bulletreading maps and charts, drawing pictures and diagrams
bulletcolor-coded materials
bulletbuilding models, jigsaw and maze puzzles
bulletpainting, coloring, mapping a sequence of events, rooms, locales