Multiple Intelligence Approaches to Assessment: Solving the Assessment Conundrum

by David Lazear, Grant P. Wiggins (Foreword)

More than 1,000 specific ideas are provided to help teachers accurately assess students' academic progress in math, language arts, history, science, social studies, and practical and fine arts. “Student Watch” assessment instruments are provided so that teachers may observe and score students involved in various activities and learning tasks. Practical prescriptive ideas on how to teach to varying intelligence strengths are offered. Teachers will learn to document and assess students' work in the midst of daily classroom activities using six practical models: student portfolios, reflective journals and logs, transfer strategies, metacognitive process-folios, anecdotal reports, and domain projects.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Renee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This gives a good overview of the multiple intelligences; however, it's unrealistic that teachers will add multiple intelligence categories to students' progress reports (aka report cards) and assess them throughout the year. The key ideas that I adhere to are giving students choices in different intelligence areas when giving assignments and trying to teach to multiple intelligences.