Study SkillsMs. McCann

Adapted from Ms. Gluszak’s SMART PowerPoint & SOAR Study Skills, by Susan Kruger

How much paint would you need to paint your bedroom? What supplies would you need?

A. Call a painter, a friend, or a paint store, and ask them for instructions before starting. You might look into taking a class on painting.

B. Look online for answers or read various websites. You might go to a bookstore to find books and magazines about painting. Maybe you would go to the paint store and read the back of paint cans.

C. Go buy a can of paint, a brush, and start painting. If there’s not enough paint or you have the wrong brush, you just buy more. Eventually you learn how much paint and what supplies are required.

Everyone has their own way of learning Dr. Howard Gardner, Professor of

Education at Harvard University Eight types of human intelligence Can you guess what they are? What kind of SMART are you?

Word Smart Logic Smart Nature Smart Visual/Picture

Smart Body Smart Music Smart People Smart Self Smart

Learn through whole body and movement

Generally enjoy sports, dance, other areas of fitness, or acting

Often referred to as “active” because they love to move

Have the ability to control all or parts of their body

You DO NOT have to be a gifted singer, composer, or instrument player to have this talent

You may enjoy music or have strong patterns, melodies, rhythms, and other forms of musical expression

You might find yourself frequently whistling, humming, tapping and/or dancing to music.

People who are gifted in this area are often good at reading, writing, speaking, or a combination of the three

They enjoy books, journals, signs, crossword puzzles, and might be good at telling jokes and/or stories

They may be good at speaking in front of others

Perhaps they may have an interest in foreign languages

They are generally good math students

They are good with numbers, mathematics, science, and computers

Solving problems and puzzles with numbers or logic is their strong suit

Some are excellent at computing numbers in their head, or estimating,

They may enjoy critical thinking, budgeting or creating patterns

They are likely good at following or creating maps, noticing patterns, or assembling projects and puzzles

They are sometimes known at “artistic” or “crafty”

Explorers, astronauts, chess players, builders, and architects

This refers to skills that require one to develop relationships with others

They are usually good at resolving conflicts among family and friends

Individuals gifted in this intelligence usually work very well on teams and are skilled at making people feel

They are very social and outgoing people

People who have this type of intelligence have a strong concept of what they want in life

They are reflective, possibly spiritual, and like to work independently

They are likely to be very focused and self-disciplined

People who foster this type of intelligence are inclined to be outdoors

They usually have a strong appreciation for the environment and nature

They are typically interested in plants, animals, or natural resources

They tend to choose activities such as hiking, camping, bird watching, hunting, star gazing, swimming, and scuba diving

WHAT TYPE OF SMART ARE YOU?

Predict how many students will fall under each intelligence

Complete the handout to find out what type of intelligence suits you best

As a class, take a class tally to show our findings How accurate were we? What intelligence do most students hold? What intelligence do the least amount of students hold?

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html

Go to study skills website Click on “homework” link Look at Lesson 2 Assignment- What type of SMART are

you? Click the link Scroll to the bottom of the page Complete the “Interactivity” Bring it to your next class