Chapter 4 synthesis

Write a Brief Abstract of the Chapter.

It is essential that students realize that there are several types of intelligences, this avoids a lot of frustration in the affect that they know they may not be smart one way but they are in another. Presenting this information to them will allow them to assess what type of intelligence they are and give them a better knowledge of themselves. It also explains several activities for teaching the MI theory. It also provides checklists for furthering the understanding of these theories with your students. Teaching students the multiple intelligences theory is relatively simple. It is also best to ask questions and get the students involved in the discussion so that the information will stick. MI tables helps students try different activities and better see exactly what intelligences best fit them.

How did you connect to the reading and briefly reflect on your thoughts?

We think it is a good idea to explain this theory to your students and get them to understand it as soon as possible, although they may have already had some idea as to what the MI theory was it is up to us as teachers to provide some prospective to the theory. Making students aware that it is acceptable to be smart in different ways then others is crucial to a learning environment and cuts down on a lot of frustration in the classroom. Also making students aware that you accept their differences is also another key part to educating young people. We also agreed that we would like to use MI tables to help our students figure out what their comfort zone is because once they realize what their comfort zone is they can then start to move away from that and try new things.