MI Theory and Assessment
When assessing students based on all of their multiple
intelligences, it is important to have them put their learning in context. Put
them in a situation where they would be expected to show their learning in real
life. As teachers, we need to be able to recognize where students’
intelligences are, and we can do that by observation. Observation may be one of
the best ways to discern which students may be matched with which
intelligences. Also, Gardner makes a good point about integrating student
interviews, or how I would like to call it, student/teacher discussions, into
the classroom. These would be one-on-one sessions where the teacher could meet
with the student to discuss their strengths, weaknesses, progress, interests,
goals, etc… This shows students that we are interested in helping them succeed.
It is important, however, that we actually put these interviews to good use and
blend the responses into the lessons. I like the idea of these meetings because
it allows the students to have their own bit of autonomy from their parents
regarding parent/teacher conferences.
On standardized tests (assuming we give them), I think it is
important to give students the opportunity to choose how they might answer a
specific question. Perhaps they can show their knowledge by writing, drawing,
relating, analyzing, etc… As long as what they show us is clear, and that they
can articulate their answer in some way, then I would deem it acceptable. Some
students express their knowledge differently than others; a prime example being
the eight multiple intelligences, and we need to be accepting of that.
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