![]() ![]() But it could be true and MI theory false. Children who have been seen, or have seen themselves, as dim are recognized to have other strengths. ![]() One reason for the popularity of MI theory is its rejection of the unitary general intelligence associated with IQ testing. But does MI theory hold water? Everything turns on the claim that there are a few relatively discrete intelligences: linguistic, musical, logico-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinaesthetic, intrapersonal and interpersonal, to which have now been added naturalist and possibly existential intelligences. In England, for instance, it is widely used to back the idea that pupils have preferred 'learning styles': some make better progress if they can involve their musical or interpersonal or other strengths in their learning than if they have to be dependent on language ability alone. ![]() ![]() (ed) Gardner Under Fire: A Rebel Psychologist Faces His Critics Chicago, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Company (2006) The theory of multiple intelligences has been influential in school reform across the world. ![]()
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