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I do not agree with the normal curve message stemming from those two (2) immediately above paragraphs. Instead of looking for significant correlations between standardized tests (see "THE NORMAL CURVE" schema immediately above), I feel that we should, instead, be looking at how we develop skills that are relevant within today's dominant cultures. When we learn to play musical instruments, the piano, for example, we are learning several skills. Will the training that we acquire in learning to play a piano enhance our logical-mathematics skills ... or verse versa? All other areas that we may excel at or have natural ability in are very seldom taken into consideration (especially within our schools). We are individually unique. We all have different physical features -- we are not all blue-eyed, brown-haired, five-foot tall beings. We each possess different personalities -- some of us are comedians while others are quiet, reserved and serious. We all have our own set of talents, gifts, interests and abilities. Not everyone excels in mathematics and language. Then why should we compare how smart we are or how successful we will be based mainly on twelve (12) timed sub-tests that measure , in the main, only two aspects of who we are?
Literary Classics and other E-Content
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Aesop's Fables @: http://www.aesopfables.com/
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Children's Classics @: http://www.worldwideschool.com/
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Complete works of William Shakespeare @: http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
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Creative Commons @: hhttp://www.creativecommons.org
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Internet Public Library @: http://www.ipl.org/
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Short Stories of Chekhov and Wilde @: http://www.bibliomania.com/
Multiple Intelligences: Everyone's Theory
Occupations and Multiple Intelligences
PhD pilot study This published research investigation outlines how verbal protocols were used to compare the self-perceived multiple intelligences (MI) of grade eight (8) students to classroom teacher nominations. Very simply stated for here, regular classroom teachers nominated students considered dominant in one of Howard Gardner’s many intelligences. The students were then asked to verbalize aloud while ranking themselves using scenarios depicting each of the intelligences. Concurrent and retrospective verbal protocols were audio-taped, transcribed verbatim to text, coded and analyzed. Results indicated a strong agreement between teacher nomination and student identification of Gardner’s intelligences. More detailed studies should be completed before determining the validity and reliability of profiling such intelligences.
Private Schools
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Private School Affairs Private schools allay the concerns of parents worried about sending their children into today’s dangerous and permissive public school system. Private schools promise strong discipline and an enriching environment. But what exactly do private schools offer – and can they live up to the hype? To read more about them, click on the title just above.
Research investigation Research subjects who have successfully completed Phase I of my longitudinal study into the development of an assessment instrument to profile human intelligences can now commence Phase II by clicking on the immediate above title. As an aside, since the earliest of times, views as to the nature of the psychological construct human intelligence have been polarized -- from mainstream psychologists who consider cerebral capabilities as a general factor, singular and static -- to developmental psychologists who advocate a pluralistic model of our cognitive capacities.
Some Simple Sayings
- Do unto others as if you were the other.
- Good better best, never let it rest, until the good is better and the better best.
- I am on the road to success when I realize that failure is a mere detour.
- If I have a few minutes to spare, I don't spend them with those who haven't.
- It is better to sleep on what I intend to do than to stay awake over what I have done.
- Music is everyone's fifth intelligence.
- Plan ahead ... it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.
- The more I know, the less I know I know.
- The older I grow the more I recall how little I knew when I knew it all.
- The only way to have a friend is to be one.
- The secret of success in conversation is to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
- To know ignorance is part of knowledge.
- When I have nothing to say, I say nothing.
Success is all of the following five (5) things
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Doing what we enjoy most
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Spending time at something that is important to us
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Fitting our natural and nurturing abilities into available marketplace options
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Teasing out our more dominant intelligences from our less dominant intelligences
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Blending our interests and hobbies into an existing job.
Teaching kids the way they learn best
Truth, Beauty and Goodness: Education for all human beings: A Talk with Howard Gardner