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Learning for Understanding: A Faculty-Driven Paradigm Shift in Learning, Imaginative Teaching, and Creative Assessment
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Diaz-Lefebvre, Rene – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
This article describes an experimental pilot study begun in 1994 in the Glendale Community College (Glendale, Arizona) psychology department. The faculty-driven idea incorporated Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory (MI) into a new paradigm--one where creative forms of learning resulted in real understanding. The pilot study, Multiple…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Psychology, Community Colleges, Cognitive Style
Multiple Intelligences.
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Laughlin, Janet – Inquiry, 1999
Details the characteristics of Howard Gardner's seven multiple intelligences (MI): linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Discusses the implications of MI for instruction. Explores how students can study using their preferred learning style - visual, auditory, and physical study…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Instructional Effectiveness
Coloring Outside the Lines: Applying the Theory of Multiple Intelligences to the Community College Setting.
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Diaz-Lefebvre, Rene; Finnegan, Patricia – Community College Journal, 1997
Explores the application of Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) in developing a community college curriculum that enhances an educator's ability to teach students based upon their dominant intelligences, such as verbal/linguistic or musical/rhythmic. (VWC)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Ability