Harvard professor Howard Gardner said his theory was an attempt to explain why human cognitive profiles were so ''jagged.''
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Psychologist Howard Gardner | Meeting the Minds
He conceived of multiple intelligences
Harvard professor Howard Gardner said his theory was an attempt to explain why human cognitive profiles were so ''jagged.''
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
No one would be talking about it 25 years later, Howard Gardner says, if he had used another word to describe his theory on the different kinds of minds. "Faculties," might have worked, he says, but he chose "intelligences." His 1973 book "Frames of Mind," announced his "theory of multiple intelligences." (Full article: 761 words)
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