I examined edutopia.org

I went to the educational website edutopia.org and reviewed some wonderful articles on education. One article was really interesting it was a special report called, The Multiple Intelligences Redefine "Smart". This article was talking about how before it was assumed that you were intelligent only if you had the ability to reason and understand complex ideas or scored off the charts on an IQ test. Howard Gardner established seven separate human capacities that essentially determined that everyone has at least one natural aptidude. This gave hope to many teachers who knew that an IQ test could not determine exact intelligence or aptidude. Even though it is still debated, we can utilize Gardner's research to use the talents of our students in the learning process. We are all good at something and learn in different ways, which is why Gardner's ideas make sense to teachers. I enjoyed the article and will let my fellow classmates know about it so they can enjoy it as well.:+)