Ingles IV

DISTANCE EVALUATION

ESSAY PART

ENGLISH IV

ACTIVITY ONE

Reading. (2 points)

Instructions:

Read the following article. Then read the 5 statements and write True or False.

Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom

Harold Garner`s theory of multiple intelligences has impacted education across the United States. He has identified eight different “intelligences” to show that people understand, experience, and learn in different ways. Educators in the United States have carefully considered Gardner`s theory. Many educators think that students gifted in the verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical intelligences do better in traditional classrooms than those with other intelligences. This is because many traditional teachers teach by using textbooks, giving lectures, checking written homework, and giving written texts. Their methods of teaching are based on verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical coursework.

Some teachers are changing the way they teach their students. These teachers think that if students think and learn in different ways, then teachers should think and teach in different ways. Their idea is to reach all students by using different intelligences in their classrooms. Teachers who are trained in multiple intelligences might use a visual/spatial activity to teach math. For example, they might ask students to take pictures of objects as they study geometry. Teachers may have students with interpersonal intelligence lead a discussion or teach new terms to other students. These teachers feel that teaching to each student`s aptitude and getting each student to learn on his or her own is more important than teaching course subjects in the traditional way.

1. ( T )Educators have paid attention to Gardner`s theory.

2. ( T )Traditional teachers in the United States often base their teaching methods on two intelligences.

3. ( F )It is impossible to teach multiple intelligences in one classroom.

4. ( F )A teacher might ask a student with visual/spatial intelligence to lead a group discussion.

5. ( T )Teachers who teach to multiple intelligences try to reach all students.

ACTIVITY 2

Writing. 2 points

Instructions:

1. Plan a paragraph about the primary intelligence of someone you know. Use the outline to make notes

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