cognitive styles

Presents information on how to create lessons based upon the eight intelligences identified by Howard Gardner, including verbal/linguistic, naturalist, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical/rhythmic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.

Describes each of the eight intelligences by which people learn, and offers advice to teachers on how to appeal to the eight intelligences in order to help students move beyond memorization to a real understanding of facts and concepts and their application outside the classroom.

Explores the link between the dominant side of the human body used for seeing, hearing, touching, and moving and the way people think, learn, work, play, and related to others.

Presents background information on multiple intelligences and learning styles, as well as classroom examples, activities, organizers, self-assessments, and lesson-planning templates for teachers of all grade levels and subjects.

Each intelligence chapter begins with an article about that intelligence. Includes many different directions and permutations, from redesigning curriculum to using portfolios to emphasizing the personal intelligence, to addressing genuine understanding.

Offers teachers on overview of task rotation, explaining what it is, why it is a popular learning style, what the four interrelated tasks are, and how they can be integrated into the curriculum.

Contains numerous strategies for helping students learn vital course content while building cognitive capacity.