Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Examples
Match the following examples with the appropriate intelligence.
Examples may use more than one intelligence.
1. Mark is looking at a map to see where Spain is in relation to Africa.
2. Jerry is listening and helping Tammy with a personal problem.
3. Greg is writing a speech he has to give tonight.
4. Olga is singing in the choir.
5. Jeannie is figuring out the distance between Chicago and Philadelphia.
6. Frank and Erin are organizing their closet so everything will fit.
7. Ted is observing how geese migrate.
8. Kelly is playing a song on her guitar.
9. Albert and Pedro are playing a tennis match.
10. Rachael is counseling a family concerning their child’s drug addiction.
11. Pete is creating a budget for his household expenses.
12. Juanita is reading a book.
13. Suzanne is doing a career inventory to figure out what she does well.
14. While camping, John observes that it is going to rain soon.
15. Margaret is taking her weekly ballet lesson.
Intelligence
A. Linguistic
B. Logical / Mathematical
C. Spatial
D. Musical
E. Bodily-kinesthetic
F. Interpersonal
G. Intrapersonal
H. Naturalistic
