Chapter 2

This chapter went into discussing how a person can find out which intelligences they tend to be more skillful in. Through various methods of analysis one can see where their own strengths lie, as well as which areas they need work in. Its important to note that not all of this comes from how we are raised. Interactions with people in growing is only one factor, others including biological influences as well as cultural trends. Understanding your own intelligences is crucial to effective teaching since it alerts you to where you may find gaps in your teaching. By catering to these gaps you can effectively reach students you may have otherwise lost interest from

Where most of us have heard bits and pieces of this theory, or even had our intelligences analyzed before something that was a little shocking was there intelligences can be activated and deactivated. Will, as teachers, we need to worry about deactivating certain students different intelligences. Also how hard will it be to incorporate all the different intelligences into each, or many lessons. We all need to keep in mind that since some influences of intelligences are beyond our controls we need to worth with them and not trying to change them to fit our styles