Multiple intelligences and learning styles

Assessment type Formative
Assessment method/tool Art
Operationalisation (what is being assessed and why, how to conduct it) This assessment method is made for exercise 3 - Activities Across 8 Multiple Intelligences targeting:
a) bodily/kinaesthetic learners (those enjoying dancing, crafts, or sports)
b) visual/spatial learners (those enjoying drawing and painting)

This assessment method covers the learning outcome
  • Develop learning activities for STEM subjects that are in accordance with and best suited for the preferred type of learner's intelligence

  • a) This method is cross-curricular, connecting biology and geography.

    Activity: Use the human body as a "map" for learning new information in different subjects. In geography, for example, the body might represent Europe. If the head is Scandinavia, then where is Italy?
    Have learners draw the human body on a flipchart/piece of paper and ask them to write the name of the European country that you have just called out in the corresponding place. Another version could be to have the learners themselves assign a country for every major body part (body parts need to be established beforehand).

    b) Play drawing games such as Pictionary, Charades or Win, Lose or Draw. Have learners make rapid drawings to capture key points being discussed in a class lesson.
    Typically, Charades is played in pairs, with one person drawing, and the other one guessing. Organise the game depending on the number of participants you have.
    Remarks This method can be applied literally to every subject and every topic. Using the established rules of the above-named games the teachers can check how well the learners have mastered the subject taught in the lesson. You can go from general to specific and apply the method to your liking and needs considering the age of the participants and level of education.

    Useful LINKS/ATTACHMENTS:

    https://www.teachervision.com/multiple-intelligences/multiple-intelligences-activities

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