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Howard Gardner: ‘Multiple Intelligences’ Are Not ‘Learning Styles’

By Valerie Strauss — 2013

The fields of psychology and education were revolutionized 30 years ago when the now world-renowned psychologist Howard Gardner published his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” which detailed a new model of human intelligence that went beyond the traditional view that there was a single kind that could be measured by standardized tests.

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