Howard Gardner - 7 Kinds of Intelligence

1. Logical-Mathematical
 Love hanging around computers or chemistry sets
 Love brain teasers, logical puzzles, games like chess
 Reason things out logically and clearly
 Wants to grow up as scientists, engineer or computer programmers

2. Musical
 Sing, hums or whistle
 Like singing songs and moving with the rhythm
 Play a musical instrument
 Remember melodies and songs

3. Bodily-Kinesthetic
 Squirm at breakfast table and first to be excused
 Graced with athletic abilities or skills of a dancer, actor or mime
 Great at mimicking your best & worst qualities
 Good fine motor skills and co-ordination
 Enjoy scary amusement rides
 Good in typing, drawing, fixing things, sewing crafts and related activities
 Communicate very effectively with gestures and other forms of body language
 Sometimes labelled as hyperactive, if there aren't appropriate outlets
 Do well in competitive sports, engage in physical activities such as swimming, biking, hiking or skateboarding

4. Linguistic
 Highly developed auditory skills, may be gifted story-tellers
 Love word games and may have good memories for verse, lyrics, name of places, dates, etc
 Think in words, like to read, write, tell jokes and stories
 Spell words accurately and easily
 Learn best by verbalising and seeing words
 May become good writers, secretaries, editors, social scientists, humanities teachers or politician

5. Spatial
 Know where things are located
 Think in images and pictures and read maps, charts and diagrams easily
 Find things that have been lost or misplaced
 Sensitive to changes in the interior of the home
 Love to do maze and jigsaw puzzles
 Spend free time drawing or simply daydreaming
 Wants to become architect, artists, mechanics, engineers or city planner

6. Inter-personal
 Understand other people
 Are frequent leaders among their peers
 Organise, communicate and at worst manipulate
 Know everybody in the neighbourhood, who like who, who is feuding with whom
 Excel in mediating conflicts btw peers and is street-smart
 Have lots of friends and socialise a great deal
 Have lot of empathy for the feelings of others
 Wants to become counsellers, business people or community organisers

7. Intra-personal
 Deep awareness of inner feelings
 May keep a diary or have on-going projects or hobbies that are semi-secretive in nature
 Certain quality of inner wisdom and intuitive ability
 Display of sense of independence or strong will
 Seems to live in their own private, inner world and have deep sense of self-confidence
 March to the beat of a different drummer and motivate themselves to do well

Extracted from book "In Their Own Way" By Thomas Armstrong PhD (1987) - Available in Ang Mo Kio Community Library