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Howard Gardner
Cognitive Psychologist
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American developmental psychologist, the Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a senior director of Harvard's Project Zero research group. His 1983 theory of multiple intelligences challenged the idea of a single measurable intelligence, arguing instead for a plurality of relatively independent cognitive capacities, and has been widely influential, and widely debated, in curriculum and assessment design since.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionProposed the theory of multiple intelligences (1983), arguing human cognitive ability is not a single general factor but a set of distinct intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal and others), reshaping how schools think about ability and assessment. 1 Notable WorkFrames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences while on the Harvard faculty.
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Additional Source WikipediaTheory of multiple intelligences, lead section Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Gardner defined intelligence as a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems.
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He is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard University.
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