Learning Styles: Gardner

Updated 18 May 2013

I wrote about different learning styles previously and this post will talk about one of the most well-known research about learning styles was done by Dr. Howard Gardner about Multiple Intelligences.

I got this information from a conference I went to a couple of years ago in Piura, Peru. Unfortunately the presenter didn't put their name on the worksheet, so I don't know exactly who to give credit to.

Linguistically: They think in words.

• They enjoy reading, writing, telling stories, and playing word games.
• They need books, CDs, writing material, paper, diaries, dialogues, discussion, debate, and stories.

Logically-Mathematically: They use reasoning.

• They enjoy experimenting, questioning, logical puzzles, and calculating.
• They need things to explore and think about.
• They like science materials, manipulatives, trips to planetariums or science museums.

Spatially: They think in images and pictures.

• They enjoy designing, drawing, and visualising.
• They need art, legos, videos, movies, slides, imagination games, puzzles, illustrated books.
• They like trips to art galleries and museums.

Bodily-Kinesthetically: They learn by moving.

• They enjoy dancing, running, building, touching, and gesturing.
• They need role plays, drama, things to build, sports, tactile experiences, and hands-on learning.

Musically: They think in rhythms and melodies.

• They need music and instruments.
• They enjoy singing, whistling, humming, tapping their hands and feet, and listening.

Interpersonally: They learn by talking with other people.

• They enjoy leading, organising, relating, manipulating, and talking.
• They need friends, group games, community events, clubs, and mentors.

Intrapersonally: They learn by thinking alone.

• They enjoy setting goals, meditating, dreaming, being quiet, and planning.
• They need time alone, self paced projects, and choices. 

If you want to learn more, there are a number of books written about Multiple Intelligences. You might also be interested in . . .

• Dale's Cone of Experience: best ways to learn 
• Dunn and Dunn: environmental, emotional, social, physiological, psychological
• Gregorc: abstract, concrete, random, sequential
• Honey and Mumford: activist, reflector, theorist, pragmatist
• How boys and girls learn differently: different ways of thinking between genders
• Learning Pyramid: how teaching methods affect how much you learn  
• Kolb: converger, accomodator, assimilator, diverger
• Meyers-Briggs: sensation, intuition, feeling, thinking
• VAK: visual, audio, kinesthetic

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