8 Ways of Being Smart Intelligence area Is strong in: Likes to: Learns best through: Famous Examples: Verbal / Linguistic Reading, writing, telling Read, write, tell stories, Reading, hearing and T.S. Eliot, Maya stories, memorizing dates, talk, memorize, work at seeing words, speaking, Angelou, Virginia thinking in words. puzzles. writing, discussing, and Woolf, Abraham debating. Lincoln Math / Logical Math, reasoning, logic, Solve problems, ask and Working with patterns and Albert Einstein, John problem-solving, patterns. answer questions, work relationships, classifying, Dewey, Susanne with numbers, categorizing, working with Langer experiment. the abstract. Spatial Reading, maps, charts, Design, draw, build, Working with pictures and Pablo Picasso, Frank drawing, mazes, puzzles, create, daydream, look colors, visualizing, using Lloyd Wright, Georgia visualization. at pictures. the mind’s eye, drawing O’Keefe, Bobby Fischer Bodily / Kinesthetic Athletics, dancing, acting, Move around, touch and Touching, moving, Charlie Chaplin, crafts, using tools. talk, use body language processing knowledge Martina Navratilova, through bodily sensations. Magic Johnson Musical Singing, picking up Sing, hum, play Rhythm, melody, singing, Leonard Bernstein, sounds, remembering instruments, listen to listening to music and Wolfgang Amadeus melodies and rhythms. music. melodies. Mozart, Ella Fitzgerald Interpersonal Understanding people, Have friends, talk to Sharing, comparing, Mohandas Ghandi, leading, organizing, people, join groups. relating, interviewing, Ronald Reagan, communicating, resolving cooperating Mother Teresa conflicts, selling Intrapersonal Understanding self, Work alone, reflect, Working alone, doing Eleanor Roosevelt, recognizing strengths and pursue personal projects, having Sigmund Freud, weaknesses, setting interests space, reflecting Thomas Merton goals. Naturalist Understanding nature, Be involved with nature. Working in nature, John Muir, Charles making distinctions, exploring living things, Darwin, Luther Burbank identifying species. learning about nature.
8 Ways of Being Smart Intelligence area Is strong in: Likes to: Learns best through: Famous Examples: Verbal / Linguistic Reading, writing, telling stories, memorizing dates, thinking in words. Read, write, tell stories, talk, memorize, work at puzzles. Reading, hearing and seeing words, speaking, writing, discussing, and debating. T.S. Eliot, Maya Angelou, Virginia Woolf, Abraham Lincoln Math / Logical Math, reasoning, logic, problem-solving, patterns. Solve problems, ask and answer questions, work with numbers, experiment. Working with patterns and relationships, classifying, categorizing, working with the abstract. Albert Einstein, John Dewey, Susanne Langer Spatial Reading, maps, charts, drawing, mazes, puzzles, visualization. Design, draw, build, create, daydream, look at pictures. Working with pictures and colors, visualizing, using the mind’s eye, drawing Pablo Picasso, Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia O’Keefe, Bobby Fischer Bodily / Kinesthetic Athletics, dancing, acting, crafts, using tools. Move around, touch and talk, use body language Touching, moving, processing knowledge through bodily sensations. Charlie Chaplin, Martina Navratilova, Magic Johnson Musical Singing, picking up sounds, remembering melodies and rhythms. Sing, hum, play instruments, listen to music. Rhythm, melody, singing, listening to music and melodies. Leonard Bernstein, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ella Fitzgerald Interpersonal Understanding people, leading, organizing, communicating, resolving conflicts, selling Have friends, talk to people, join groups. Sharing, comparing, relating, interviewing, cooperating Mohandas Ghandi, Ronald Reagan, Mother Teresa Intrapersonal Understanding self, recognizing strengths and weaknesses, setting goals. Work alone, reflect, pursue personal interests Working alone, doing projects, having space, reflecting Eleanor Roosevelt, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Merton Naturalist Understanding nature, making distinctions, identifying species. Be involved with nature. Working in nature, exploring living things, learning about nature. John Muir, Charles Darwin, Luther Burbank