Ana Montserrat Luna Ríos

INTELLIGENCES CHARACTERISTICS ACTIVITIES OR TASKS PROFESSIONAL

PROFILE
Think in words and to use Edit a peer’s paper. Librarian, curator,
language to express and Give an oral presentation. speech pathologist,
understand complex meanings. List the strengths and weaknesses of a product. writer, radio or TV
Sensitivity to the meaning of Write poems. announcer, journalist,
Linguistic words as well as the order of Play scrabble and games about words. linguists, poets,
words, their sounds, rhythms, Listening to a storyteller. speakers, teachers,
and inflections Studying the habits of good speakers. trainers, translators,
To reflect on the use of language Telling a story to the class. voice-over artists,
in everyday life. Participating in debates. lawyer.
Think of cause and effect and to Playing math games like mancala, dominoes, Auditor, accountant,
understand relationships among chess, checkers, and Monopoly. mathematician,
actions, objects, or ideas. Searching for patterns in the classroom, school, scientist, statistician,
Be able to calculate, quantify, outdoors, and home. computer analyst,
consider propositions, and Conducting experiments to demonstrate science bankers, certified
Logical- perform complex mathematical concepts. public, computer
Mathematical or logical operations. Using math and science software such as Math programmers’
Inductive and deductive Blaster, which reinforces math skills, or King's accountants,
reasoning skills, as well as Rule, a logic game. engineer, scientist,
critical and creative problem- Using science tool kits for science programs. statistician, trader,
solving. Designing alphabetic and numeric codes. technician.
Making up analogies.
To think in sounds, rhythms, Writing their own songs and music about content- Musician, piano
melodies, and rhymes. area topics. tuner, music
To be sensitive to pitch, rhythm, Putting original poems to music, and then therapist, choral
timbre, and tone. performing them for the class. director, acoustic
Musical
To be able to recognize, create, Setting a poem to music. engineer, composer,
and reproduce music by using an Incorporating a poem, they have written with a entertainer,
instrument or the voice melody they already know. environment and
To listen actively. noise analyst, musical
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Eye and body coordination.
Manual dexterity.
Physical agility and balance.
To think in movements and to
use the body in skilled and
complicated ways for expressive
Bodily- kinesthetic
as well as goal-directed
activities.
Sense of timing and
coordination.
To think about and understand
another person.
To have empathy and recognize
distinctions among people and to
appreciate their perspectives
Interpersonal with a sensitivity to their
motives, moods, and intentions.
Includes interacting effectively
with one or more people among
family, friends, or working
relationships.
Listening to music from different historical performer, singer,
periods. voice coach,
Tape recording a poem over "appropriate" conductor.
background music.
Using rhythm and clapping to memorize math
facts and another content-area information.
Listening to CDs that teach concepts like the
alphabet, parts of speech, and states and capitals.
Creating costumes for role-playing, skits, or Physical therapist,
simulations. dancer, actor,
Performing skits or acting out scenes from books mechanic, carpenter,
or key historical events. forest ranger,
Designing props for plays and skits. anthropologists,
Playing games like Twister and Simon Says. athlete, geologist,
Using charades to act out characters in a book, instrumentalist,
vocabulary words, animals, or other content-area nurse, physical
topics. education teacher,
Participating in scavenger hunts, searching for sign- language
items related to a theme or unit. interpreter, jeweler.
Acting out concepts.
Administrator,
Working in cooperative groups to design and
manager, personnel
complete projects.
worker, psychologist,
Working in pairs to learn math facts.
nurse, public
Interviewing people with knowledge about
relations person,
content-area topics (such as a veteran to learn
social director, coach
about World War II, a lab technician to learn
and mentor,
about life science, or a politician to understand the
counselor, educator,
election process).
mediator, politician,
Tutoring younger students or classmates.
psychologist, sales-
Using puppets to put on a puppet show.
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To think about and understand
one's self.
To be aware of one's strengths
and weaknesses and to plan
effectively to achieve personal
goals.
Includes reflecting on and
Intrapersonal
monitoring one's thoughts and
feelings and regulating them
effectively,
Interpretation and creation of
visual images, pictorial
imagination and expression.
Understands relationships
between images and meanings
and between space and effect.
To think in pictures and to
Spatial perceive the visual world
accurately.
To be able to think in three
dimensions and to transform
one's perceptions and recreate
aspects of one's visual
experience via imagination.
To work with objects.
people, advertising
professional, teacher.
Writing reflective papers on content-area topics. Psychologist,
Writing essays from the perspective of historical therapist, counselor,
figures, such as Civil War soldiers or suffragettes. theologian, program
Writing a literary autobiography, reflecting on planner,
their reading life. entrepreneur.
Writing goals for the future and planning ways to
achieve them.
Using software that allows them to work alone,
such as Decisions, Decisions, a personal choice
software; or the Perfect Career, a career choice
software.
Keeping journals or logs throughout the year.
Making a scrapbook for their poems, papers, and
reflections.
Taking photographs for assignments and Engineer, surveyor,
classroom newsletters. architect, urban
Taking photographs for the school yearbook, planner, graphic
school newsletter, or science assignments. Using artist, interior
clay or play dough to make objects or represent decorator,
concepts from content-area lessons. photographer, pilot.
Using pictorial models such as flow charts, visual
maps, Venn diagrams, and timelines to connect
new material to known information.
Taking notes using concept mapping, mind
mapping, and clustering.
Using puppets to act out and reinforce concepts
learned in class.
Using maps to study geographical locations
discussed in class.
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Illustrating poems for the class poetry book by

drawing or using computer software.
Using virtual-reality system software.
To understand the natural world Caring for classroom plants. Botanist, astronomer,
including plants, animals, and Caring for classroom pets. wildlife illustrator,
scientific studies. Sorting and classifying natural objects, such as meteorologist, chef,
To be able to recognize and leaves and rocks. geologist, landscape
classify individuals, species, and Researching animal habitats. architect.
Naturalist
ecological relationships. Observing natural surroundings.
To interact effectively with Organizing or participating in park/playground
living creatures and discern clean-ups, recycling drives, and beautification
patterns of life and natural projects.
forces.
Social intelligence involves two Write five personal feelings daily for four weeks Trainer, consultant,
general components: and monitor patterns. coach, counselor, or
Watch a favorite TV program or film muted and other human
Social Social awareness: what we sense write feelings observed. resources
about others Practice noticing, labeling and expressing professional.
Social facility: what we do with emotions.
our awareness
Individuals’ ability to apply what To do activities to recycle, to reduce and to re-use. Ecologist,
they learn about their impact on Reflect about the world our children will live. environmental
the environment to make To go out of excursion to the nature and to give lawyer,
changes in their behavior and walks, already be for the forest, the mountain or environmental
Ecological
live more sustainably. It is a way the beach. engineer, biologist,
to change the world and to save To sow plants(floors). technician in
it. To do outdoor exercise. Renewable Energies
and Energy efficiency
Self-awareness, self-regulation, Observe how you react to people. Administrator,
Emotional motivation, empathy, social Do a self-evaluation. manager, personnel
skills. Examine how we react to stressful situations. worker, psychologist,
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The ability to harness emotions Take responsibility for your actions. nurse, public
and apply them to activities like Examine how your actions will affect others. relations person,
thinking and problem solving. Activities about emotions and how to control social director, coach
The ability to regulate emotions, them. and mentor,
including the ability to control counselor, educator,
your own emotions, and the mediator, politician,
ability to cheer up or calm down psychologist, sales-
another person. people, advertising
professional, teacher.
The ability to go beyond the Seek and give rewards for creativity. Artistic director,
existing to create novel and Do not say how to do the things. marketing manager,
interesting ideas. Allow time to think creatively. videographer, graphic
Allow mistakes, actively define Encourage curiosity. artist, animator,
and redefine problems. Take Use divergent thinking. architectural
Creative
risks. technician, we
designer, writing,
copywriter, interior
designer,
photographer.

References

Businessballs.com (2009). Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences. http://www.businessballs.com/howardgardnermultipleintelligences.htm.

Thirteen ed online (2004). Tapping into multiple intelligences. http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html
Selected Resources Armstrong, T. (2010). Multiple intelligences. http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
Howard Gardner. (2010). Multiple intelligences. http://www.howardgardner.com/MI/mi.html