Chapter 12: MI and Cognitive Skills

Chapter 12 of Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom focused on a series of topics such as memory, problem solving, Blooms levels of cognitive complexity, and other ideas. The section that stuck out most to me was the one on Christopherian Encounters – those special rare moments when you suddenly realize that something you’ve been sure about was a misconception. Those moments are rare, but I honestly believe that that is the most helpful part of learning something new. I really appreciate the value of the tables in this book, and the table on Bloom’s six levels of Educational Objectives was really helpful – it’s good to think about how you can get things to stick in students’ minds not so they can rattle them off, but so they understand them. The memory section was really good too – making sure that students can pass a test is one thing, but to make sure students fully understand and can use information is another story entirely.