Multiple Intelligences Essay - Personal Narrative:
First things first - is the IQ test, created in 1939, truly the best measurement of intelligence? This video may make you wonder:
In 1984, Harvard Psychologist Howard Gardner published his Theory of Multiple Intelligences that claimed people are smart in many ways the IQ test simply cannot measure. Here is a video explaining his theory:
Here is the Multiple Intelligence Survey for you to take and find out how you are uniquely smart:
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Below are the Common Core Standards Connected to the Multiple Intelligence Essay:
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.3a Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.7.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.