Engaging students in MI - Some good suggestions

Roger Hampton's Pages - Lots of links to sites with tests and such and to lesson plans using MI

MI Pages for Adults - Touted to be the "best" sites to learn about MI for adult learners.

Thomas Armstrong's Homepage - Site of popular author of books on MI and other educational issues.

General Multiple Intelligence Descriptions - Gardner's first seven intelligences defined.

Naturalistic Intelligence - Gardner has proposed that intelligence #8 be that of "naturalistic intelligence." Here is a description of naturalistic intelligence and how that intelligence might be manifest in children.

Existential Intelligence - Although not fully endorsed or described by Gardner, here is  discussion of the possibilities and ramifications of this type of intelligence

Howard Gardner's Homepage at Project Zero - And another at HowardGardner.com

Wilson's Theories of Learning Pages - Links to a series of pages on MI definitions and resources 

MI at Thirteen ED - Great link with interactive materials and video clips plus lots of information 

MI Links - Lots of related links on MI

The FLOW Experience

Often when folks are working in an intelligence they are comfortable in, or working on a task or activity where they excel or that they love to do they experience a state of mind named "flow" or the psychology of optimal  -- Here are some sites that explain

FLOW Experience - From Wikipedia a discussions on the "flow" experience, a concept developed and described by author/scholar, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and to related MI links and discussions.

Also on FLOW from Edutopia  - Explanation and overview from the the author, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. 

Entering a stated of FLOW  - From my pages

A schematic of the FLOW experience - From my pages 

MI Assessments

Many of these assessments are very similar.  Generally these types of inventories depend on the quality of the self-reporting for accuracy, or on the accuracy of the observations of parents or teachers.  At present there is no definitive paper and pencil test that accurately assesses all 8 intelligences.  However, varied intelligences can be assessed using sub-tests of different types of performance tests -- for instance, some intelligence tests have block assembly, or paper and pencil object rotation portions that could be used to assess spatial intelligence.  

DynoWomyn MI Inventory -- This site has a series of MI self-inventory questions that can be use by students, however, the rest of this site is female focused and deals with spiritual issues.

Surfaquarium on MI  - Many useful pages on MI and a number of valuable links to include and excellent on-line inventory (see below) 

MI inventory created by Walter McKenzie.

Wilson's Indicators  - A simple series of indicators, plus a discussion  of existential intelligence

Who has what intelligence? See if you can ID these intelligences. 

Diana Bohmer's MI Survey for Kids -  A simple series of questions for kids

Daniel Goleman - Emotional Intelligence

The Author Talks About Emotions - An interview with Daniel Goleman.

Emotional Intelligence - A concise overview from Funderstanding

Emotional Intelligence, etc. - Practical information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Emotional Intelligence - Site with links to other pages, articles, and book reviews related to EQ.

Jack Mayer's EQ site - Comprehensive site devoted to EQ definitions and materials

The Nueva School - Nueva is a private school outside of San Francisco that has a nationally recognized curriculum in the study of "self-science" --  an area related to the development of EQ.

EQ.org - An entire site devoted to EQ, more like an EQ building.  Deals with all aspects of promoting EQ

The Responsive Classroom - Newly emerging popular training for teachers on how to create and maintain civility and respect in a classroom setting. My students praise the program despite the expense of the training!

Robert Sternberg - Successful Intelligence

Bottom Line - An overview of Sternberg's work

Overview - A brief overview of Sternberg's work and triarchic intelligence

Psi Cafe - Overview of the work of Sternberg

Skeptic Interview with Robert Sternberg - An interview with Sternberg from Skeptic Magazine.

Sternberg overview - Here is terrific of summary on Sternberg's work. A great place to start understanding the complexities of his theory.

Valdosta overview - This is an excellent general summary of a number of theories explaining human intelligence. Please scroll to see the portion on Sternberg's work as it is nicely done.  These pages also include material on Gardner.  

Spiritual Intelligence

Mindwise - Definitions of spiritual intelligence and on-line assessment