DM 26 - Our Changing Perspective of Intelligence -- Master Architects of the Intellect

DM Ch 26
"Our Changing Perspective of Intelligence -- Master Architects of the Intellect"
By Robin Fogarty
Successful Intelligence

• analytical (compare, analyze, judge, evaluate)
• creative (invent, imagine, suppose, design)
• practical(practice, implement, show, use)

The interaction of these three creates "successful intelligence".

Theorist	Theory	Notes
Dewey	Experiential Learning	field studies, immersion -- service/civic projects, simulations, field trips
Montessori	Discovery Learning	prepared learning environment with practical, sensory, and formal skills. Success-oriented, self-correcting, hands-on manipulatives.
Piaget	Constructed Learning	Hands-on with subject matter and materials representing the subject matter
Vygotsky	Social Interactions	student-to-student interaction, debate, discussion
Feuerstein	Cognitive Modifiability	Mediated learning experiences -- intelligence can be learned. Bringing metacognition to the classroom (why did you...what were you thinking....what did you do well...what would you change...)
Costa	Habits of Mind	16 Habits: persisting, managing impulsivity, listening with understanding and empathy, thinking flexibily, thinking about our thinking, striving for accuracy and precision, questioning and posing problems, applying past knowledge to new situations, thinking and communicating with clarity and precision, gathering data through all senses, creating, imagining, and innovating, responding with wonderment and awe, taking responsible risks, finding humor, thinking interdependently, learning continuously.
Gardner	Multiple Intelligences	verbal logical visual musical bodily interpersonal intrapersonal naturalist
Sternberg
Perkins	Learnable Intelligence	neural intelligence that contributes to efficiency experiential intelligence that stores experience in diverse situations reflective intelligence that contributes knowledge, understanding, and attitudes
Diamond	Enriched Environments	Visible in the variety of enrichments in a classroom
Pinker	Computational Theory of Mind	Mind is an organ of computation, information processing is our fundamental activity. May study computers to understand the mind.
Goleman	Emotional Intelligence	self-awareness (confidence, decisiveness) self-regulation(impulsivity, emotions) motivation(hope, initiative, zeal) empathy(reading the feelings of others, caring) social skill(influence, leadership, team building)
Coles	Moral Intelligence	case studies, ethical questions