Howard Gardner has changed the way we think about intelligence. His seminal book, Frames of Mind, introduced the idea that the correct question we should be asking is not, “How smart am I” but rather “How am I smart?” It was Gardner who first came up with the idea that there are different kinds of ...
The Multiple Intelligence Theory was developed by Howard Gardner in the early 1980’s and further developed in the early 1990’s. Gardner had experience working with gifted children as well as brain-injured adults and he discovered that intelligence manifests itself through several different areas. Gardner defines intelligence as the capacity to solve problems and create products ...
“Hey you’re pretty stupid!” exclaimed an onlooker of Homer Simpson’s crazy shenanigans in the syndicated cartoon series The Simpsons. While Homer has always been called stupid, inept, and several other phrases to define his lack of “intelligence”, this episode is special because Homer isn’t considered “stupid”. Quite the contrary, it was discovered that Homer Simpson ...
Human existence is dependent on groups. Political groups, personal groups of friends, and research teams are just a few examples. Different as they all seem, groups are all based on certain dynamics that are quite similar. One such aspect of the group is the “role”. How are roles chosen, by the group or by the ...