A School Curriculum Built on Howard Gardner's Theory of Intelligence

question 454

Multiple Choice

A school curriculum built on Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence would provide

• A)neuromuscular training because such skills underlie general intelligence.
• B)a diverse curriculum to cultivate a wide range of skills and talents, both traditional and nontraditional.
• C)training in logic, rhetoric, philosophy, and math to strengthen the general factor of intelligence.
• D)emphasis only on creative, artistic abilities and not the traditional emphasis on analytic abilities.

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Definitions:

Gate-control Theory

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Endorphins

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