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Intrapersonal Intelligence (Source: Walter McKenzie www.surfaquarium.com)
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Students with a strong intrapersonal intelligence:

* Are comfortable with themselves
* Express strong like or dislike of particular activities
* Communicate their feelings
* Sense their own strengths and weaknesses
* Show confidence in their abilities
* Set realistic goals
* Make appropriate choices
* Follow their instincts
* Express a sense of justice and fairness
* Relate to others based on their sense of self


Support this intelligence in the classroom by:

* Differentiating instruction
* Using analogies in making comparisons
* Providing activities which offer learner choices
* Having students set goals for themselves in the classroom
* Including daily journal writing in your classroom routine
* Providing opportunities for learners to express their feelings on a topic
* Allowing opportunities for student reflection on learning
* Examining current events in terms of social justice
* Including student self-assessment in classroom assessment strategies
* Utilizing interest inventories, questionnaires, interviews and other approaches to measuring student growth


Technologies that stimulate this intelligence:

* Journals
* Diaries
* Surveys
* Voting machines
* Learning centers
* Children's literature
* Class discussion
* Real time projects
* Online surveys
* Online forms
* Digital portfolios
* Self-assessments