Linguistic and Logical Intelligences:
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Literacy
The writing program is organized around a daily one-hour Writer's
Workshop. The program is built on interaction between reading and
writing. During the Writer's Workshop, students learn about the
techniques that authors use to make writing effective. For example,
students learn a variety of techniques to draw a reader in, to sustain
reader interest and ensure understanding, to create tension, and to
bring writing to a close. They also learn how and why to vary sentence
structure; how to embed sufficient or essential detail; and how to
organize an argument. These are all elements of craft that are taught
explicitly by frequently analyzing various texts and discussing
authors' strategies.
Students refine their understanding of
craft by participating in author studies and genre studies. For
instance, students explore the works of specific authors to learn how
writers craft their writing. Students apprentice themselves to an
author to mimic stylistic techniques, learn organizational strategies,
and develop an ear for syntactic structures. If a teacher has been
teaching the use of repetition as a writing strategy, she might set up
an author study to have students look at how a particular writer uses
repetition. Students also read deeply in the genre that they are
learning to write so that they have authentic models to use in shaping
their own work.
Students examine exemplars of other student
work and the standards for the genre they are studying. This
examination guides them in their efforts to produce standard level
work. Students then use exemplars with commentary and co-created
rubrics to assess their writing.
Students work to polish at
least ten original pieces of writing each year. They identify these
pieces as best efforts, which they carefully revise, edit, and publish,
perhaps as books for circulation among classmates or as pages suitable
for display on classroom walls. The teacher acknowledges their
accomplishment and helps them find an appropriate audience.
(Source: SPPS/PAE)
Math
Mathematical/ Logical Intelligence (Source: Walter McKenzie
www.surfaquarium.com)
- Core Characteristics:
- * Linear Reasoning – seeking order and
consistency in the world
- * Concrete Reasoning - breaking down systems
into their components
- * Abstract Reasoning - using symbols that
represent concrete ideas
- * Causal Relationships – identifying cause and
effect within a system
- * Complex Operations – performing sophisticated
algorithms Students with a strong logical intelligence:
- * Seek order
- * Reason scientifically
- * Identify relationships
- * Enjoy testing theories
- * Like completing puzzles
- * Excel at calculating numbers
- * Solving problems instinctively
- * Analyze abstract ideas
- * Manipulate functions
- * Perform these operations at a rapid rate Support this intelligence in
the classroom by:
- * Creating intrinsic and extrinsic order in your
classroom
- * Presenting criteria at the beginning of an activity to provide
structure
- * Offering open-ended problem solving tasks
- * Including convergent thinking activities in instruction
- * Promoting
experiments which test student hypotheses
- * Using syllogisms in
language
- * Encouraging classroom debate
- * Incorporating puzzles into learning
centers
- * Setting short term, achievable goals for the class
- * Allowing students to participate in building assessment rubrics
- Technologies that stimulate this intelligence:
- * Lecture
- * Cuisenaire rods
- * Unifix cubes
- * Tangrams
- * Measuring cups
- * Measuring scales
- * Ruler/yardstick
- * Slide rule
- * Graphing calculators
- * Spreadsheet
- * Search engine
- * Directory
- * FTP clients
- * Gophers
- * WebQuests
- * Problem solving tasks
- * Programming languages
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