Teaching and learning the elements of arithmetic and algebra using the multiple intelligence theory*
In this paper, the author analyzes her personal experiences in applying the theory of multiple intelligences to the teaching of algebra to below–average 14-year-old students. The research was intended to determine whether dominant intelligence type (as indicated by Gardner’s typology of multiple intelligences) influences the learning of mathematics. It was hypothesized that pairing didactic methods with dominant intelligence types would improve students’ mathematics learning. Two multiple intelligences...