Multiple Intelligence and my classroom

This past week I have spent a lot of time thinking about how I allow for varying learning styles and multiple intelligence within my classroom. It is very important to remember that each learner is unique and we can better teach someone if we reach out to them in a way that can touch on their interests and strengths.

As I consider the various activities that we do in class I realize that I do provide for varying learning styles. Lecture time as well as class discussion will provide for the visual and auditory learner and lab activities are helpful for the kinesthetic learner. I can really see how some students do much better during the lab activity time.

I would like to have my students take an inventory on their learning style. This would help me to better understand where they are coming from. It would also be helpful to consider an inventory on the multiple intelligences. An area of multiple intelligence that I think is interesting is the interpersonal and the intrapersonal areas. I would like to try and incorporate more of this into my classroom through the discussions and possibly allowing for more time with discussion board as an online component. Sometimes I think I miss a lot of ideas from students when they have to answer in front of the group.