...EDMHODR ASSIGNMENT 01 UNIQUE NUMBER – 893049 BY DEBBIE-LEE DU PREEZ TABLE OF CONTENTS | Headings | Page | Question 3 | 3 | Bibliography | 8 | Question 3 Discussion of Howard Gardner’s Eight Domains of Ability in His Theory of Multiple Intelligences Howard Gardner is an American Developmental Psychologist who is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences. Rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability, Gardner proposed that there are multiple abilities that are present in each person. He believed that even though all abilities are inherent in each individual, they are not all equally strong. Some learners are highly developed in some areas, moderately so in some and completely underdeveloped in others. The operation of the different abilities in different people is not only due to individual characteristics such as genetics but also due to environmental and cultural factors. The intelligences that Gardner distinguished are linguistic or verbal, logical-mathematic, spatial, musical, kinaesthetic, interpersonal and intrapersonal. He later added the eighth one being naturalistic. With the appropriate stimulation and support, each of these can be developed to a satisfactory level in each person even though different ones will remain stronger in different people. Linguistic/Verbal Intelligence Linguistic or otherwise known as verbal intelligence as defined by Gardner is the ability to speak or write well. In other words...
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