Secondary / High School

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

The paper that describes the theory and rationale of Multiple Intelligences.

Learning is a Team Sport: Kindergartners Study the Boston Marathon

Ben Mardell's 32-minute documentary about teachers' and kindergarten students' learning while engaged in an MLV-inspired study of the Boston Marathon; the video shares the strategies used by teachers and what children learned along the way.

Multiple Intelligences FAQ

A collection of the frequently asked questions, and Howard Gardners' responses, around Multiple Intelligences.

The Theory of Multiple Intelligences: As Psychology, As Education, As Social Science

A reflective paper (2011) by Howard Gardner about MI Theory and the ways in which it was developed and has changed since it's initial conception.

The Nature of Scientific Thinking Lessons Designed to Develop Understanding of the Nature

From the background: Students in many science classrooms are presented with the scientific method as the fundamental plan scientists use to gain their understandings. Scientists throughout history have come to their conclusions in a variety of ways, not always following such a specific method. Interestingly, even when scientists do use the scientific method, they rarely use it in the stereotyped, step-by-step way that schools tend to teach it. This is a curricular unit that helps students understand why and how scientists think through their process.