Multiple Intelligences-Chapter 10 Synthesis

We already know that in our classroom we need to create lessons that teach to all eight (or more) intelligences. This chapter tells us that we also need to assess to all of the intelligences and gives us some ideas for how to do that. In our classrooms we will need to be doing a lot of observation. It is important that we keep clear and useful records of student accomplishments and non-accomplishments. When creating the ever popular portfolio make sure not to slip into the easy trend of simply requiring or accepting the easy documents like terific tests and exceptional essays. Have students include a variety of evidence of their own learning in their portfolios.