I’ve just written an article on multiple intelligences and healthy aging for Branton Shearer’s MI@40 newsletter on LinkedIn. Dr. Shearer has been a key player in the saga of multiple intelligences for decades. He created what is still, I believe, the only valid and reliable assessment for multiple intelligences (MI): the Multiple Intelligences Diagnostic Assessment...Read More
When I was a third grader at Clara Barton Elementary School in Fargo, North Dakota, my principal Miss Minnis held an assembly where she showed us home movies of her summer trip to Australia. I was amazed at the existence of such a large a country so far away from the U.S. We learned the...Read More
One of the reasons that I’ve been enthusiastically teaching and writing about Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences for the past thirty-four years, is that it is so easy to understand and apply to one’s own personal life. In this post, I’d like to demonstrate this to you by outlining how you can learn just...Read More
I always remember a radio ad that began: ”People Judge You By the Words You Use” which promoted its own vocabulary development program. However, you don’t need to pay for an elaborate video or audio program or workbooks and texts. Instead, here are eight simple ways that you can use to enlarge your vocabulary. They...Read More
by Max Gottlieb We’re well aware that when people stop exercising, especially as they get older, their risk goes up for partially preventable conditions such as heart disease, obesity, and high blood pressure. What many people fail to consider, however, is that brain health also plays a major role in overall health. Beyond dementia or...Read More
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