Before reading this chapter, I found myself wondering about how a teacher could know what all his/her students were closely associated to when dealing with the Multiple Intelligences. If one were to ask me how to tell what intelligences my students lean more to, I would have said by asking them. This is certainly one of the methods of finding this out; however, Armstrong states many other ways in this chapter such as, looking up past grades, asking fellow colleagues, asking the students parents, etc. These methods will help build a better classroom experience for each student. By using these methods you will have an easier time adjusting lesson plans to your students interests, which will keep them intrigued and responsive. One of the methods I found very interesting and thought would be fun to use in my classroom one day would be basic observation. Being an English teacher, I feel this is doable since my students will come in and need to have some free time to clear their mind before going into a meaningful discussion on the book we had been reading or such. When, I give them their free time I could walk around the room and make small notes of what they pick to help free their mind. This would help better understand what area of intelligence they are more in tune with.
Out of all the examples in the book, I personally related to the section on collecting documents and taking pictures. I had a teacher who was very into understanding her students by having them work in groups and film or take pictures of one another to help them all better understand each other. Through this project she had a better understanding of her students and was able to connect learning to us in a personal way.
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