Wednesday, December 2, 2009

How to identify people's intelligence ?

Education:
IQ is no longer the only indicator to identify a person's intelligence.

There are at least 8 intelligences from the book "Intelligence" by Linda Wasmer Andrews, who examines various theories and types of intelligence with historical data for people who have made significant contributions to the field, i.e.,

- Linguistic intelligence ("word smart")

- Logical-mathematical intelligence ("number/reasoning smart")

- Spatial intelligence ("picture smart")

- Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligence ("body smart")

- Musical intelligence ("music smart")

- Interpersonal intelligence ("people smart")

- Intrapersonal intelligence ("self smart")

- Naturalist intelligence ("nature smart")
Clarification added March 26, 2008:
Many countries in Asia, for youths to get good jobs in future is to study hard to excel on national exam, which is primarily measuring intelligence through IQ. However, there was a saying in China, that the big bosses usually didn't have college degrees, or even high school degrees...
Clarification added March 26, 2008:
Robert, thanks for your question. I wanted to educate myself along with other global parents and youths since I am father of two boys. Besides IQ, what should we explore ?

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