Title: Theories of Intelligence
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Theories of Intelligence
We can become more intelligent through study and  practice, through access to appropriate tools, and  through learning to make effective use of these  tools (Perkins, 1995).

Definition of  Intelligence
Howard Gardner
David Perkins
Robert Sternberg
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A Definition of  Intelligence
Howard Gardner
Robert Sternberg
David Perkins
Howard Gardner
David Perkins
Robert Sternberg
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Content: More detail on the work of  Gardner, Sternberg, and Perkins is given in the next three  subsections. Howard Gardner
Some researchers in the field of intelligence have long  argued that people have a variety of different  intelligences. A person may be good at learning languages  and terrible at learning music--or vice versa. A single  number (a score on an IQ test) cannot adequately represent  the complex and diverse capabilities of a human being. Howard  Gardner has proposed a theory of multiple intelligences. He originally identified seven components of intelligence  (Gardner, 1983). He argues that these intelligences are  relatively distinct from each other and that each person has  some level of each of these seven intelligences. More  recently, he has added an eighth intelligence to his list  (Educational Leadership, 1997). Many PBL-using teachers have studied the work of Howard  Gardner and use some of his ideas in their teaching. For  example, in creating a team of students to do a particular  project, a teacher may select a team whose collective  "highest" talents encompass most of the eight areas of  intelligence identified by Gardner.