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Exploring The Seven Different Intelligences
Photo by: zaldy icaonapo (www.publicdomainpictures.net) When I do school visits, one of the things kids seem most fascinated by is when I tell them there is more than one kind of smart. They are...
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Gizmo: The Tenth Intelligence?
Lilianna's multiple intelligences. Many people (especially teachers) are aware of the multiple intelligence theory developed by Howard Gardner: there are eight basic ways people learn, and a ninth is...
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Study: Music Prodigies Beat Math Prodigies at Numbers; Art Prodigies are...
At age 6, Mozart performed at the court of the Prince-elect Maximilian II of Bavaria. At age 8, Joy Foster represented Jamaica in table tennis at the Caribbean championships in Trinidad. What do the...
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Test Your Creativity With a Single Word
Image: Flickr/Glassesyes View cc license Get ready to think of a creative verb. Now, what action comes to mind when you look at the picture that heads this article? When you saw this chair, did you say...
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Why Math and Reading Skills Usually (But Don’t Always) Go Hand-In-Hand
Image: Flickr/John Flannery cc license Do you remember second grade reading groups? They had nifty names like redbirds, bluebirds, and goldfinches to keep us from discovering who was in a “high” group...
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Admission: Recognizing Missed Potential
Tina Fey as Portia Nathan and Paul Rudd as John Pressman, in the film Admission. Image by David Lee / Focus Features Admission is a Focus Features film that releases March 22, starring two of my...
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On Letting My Gifted Son Do His Own Thing
Copyright: Tjook via Flickr On the surface, there appears to be a common correlation between very smart people and geeky pursuits. I cannot think of a single personal friend or acquaintance who shares...
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