Understanding learner characteristics & Learning styles
“Man
becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
Each individual is a physically, mentally, psychologically and
socially different character. According to Psychologist, Robert Sternberg , intelligence is defined as the "mental activity directed toward
purposive adaptation to, selection and shaping of, real-world environments
relevant to one’s life." It is defined as the intellectual
potential,something with which we’re born with.
General
Intelligence:
The capability to
think about ideas, examine and evaluate situations, and solve problems.
Gifted: Gifted or talented students normally are talented in one or two areas.
Multiple
Intelligence: Howard Gardener says that
people do have intellectual
capacity with many different
intelligences
Howard Gardener’s nine types of intelligence
1. Naturalist
Intelligence (Nature Smart)
2. Musical Intelligence (“Musical Smart”)
3. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence (Number/Reasoning Smart)
4. Existential Intelligence
5. Interpersonal Intelligence (People Smart”)
6. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (“Body Smart”)
7. Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart)
8. Intra-personal Intelligence (Self Smart”)
9. Spatial Intelligence (“Picture Smart”)
Learning styles
Different students learning styles are different from one another.It is the teachers responsibility to include varieties of activities catering to the different learning styles of students to make learning more meaningful to them.
Reference:
Cherry,K
(2013).Theories of intelligence.Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/p/intelligence.htm
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