MI Chapter 4

Chapter 4 focuses on how students can learn about their intelligences and why it is important for students to know. The Multiple Intelligence Theory can be taught using short activities that gets students thinking about how they think. This metacognition allows students to understand how they need to approach a subject in order to succeed. The student understanding can also allow students to have a voice in their learning process. If some strategy of teaching is not working for a student they have the tools needed to go up to the teacher and say which type of intelligence they are. Once students understand their intelligence the teacher should attempt to bring that into the class. Hopefully this will make all students feel like they are smart even in a subject that might be a struggle for them.

The methods that the author gives for teaching the MI Theory can be done in small doses that do not take away much time from the curriculum. I think that before  students do any sort of research on the Mi theory they would first have to take a quiz about what type of intelligence they have. From there, the other activities could be individually tailored to suit the needs of the student and to keep them engaged in the project. Some of the activities could be used in a high school classroom but I think that most of them would be more effective with middle school students. Personally, I think that the treasure hunt idea would work very well in a classroom. It would make students engaged in the activity and would allow students to highlight their intelligences.