He believed that human cognitive competence consisted of a set of abilities, talents, or mental skills. He called these intelligences and thought that they reflected human intelligent behavior more adequately than other views of intelligence. There are eight intelligences, the first one being verbal/linguistic. This involves learning best through reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Logical/mathematical learners learn best when working with numbers and abstract patterns. According to the text, visual/spatial learners like to work with graphic images, mind mapping, graphic organizers, visualizing, drawing, and exploring the world of color and art (Gregory & Chapman, 2013, p. …show more content…
Bodily/kinesthetic learners learn by processing information through tough, movement, dramatics, manipulatives, and using a variety of fine and gross motor skills in daily life (Gregory & Chapman, 2013, p. 40). Another intelligence is interpersonal. This means students like to learn through sharing, cooperating, interviewing, relating, and brainstorming with classmates. The seventh intelligence is intrapersonal. Students like working alone, self-paced instruction, individualized projects, and metacognitive thinking. The last intelligence is naturalist. According to the text, this learner learns best spending time outdoors, sorting, classifying, and noticing patterns in the world (Gregory & Chapman, 2013, p. 40). I think a potential benefit of categorizing students by learning style and intelligence strengths and weaknesses is to better fit their learning needs. Every child learns differently, and we should take that into consideration. One potential drawback to this is that teachers need to work harder to better fit students’ learning needs. This requires a lot of extra time and effort from a teacher, and resources that better fit the student’s learning needs may not be easy to