Creativity

Charles Huang
Writing 50 5-650
April 16, 2001

The Seven Intelligences
Society has taught us to see education and intelligence in a very black and white perspective. In school, students learn Mathematics, English, and History; they also learn that in order to be intelligent, they must excel in all of those aspects taught in school. Many aptitude tests such as the Student Aptitude Test or the Stanford Nine Test gear towards certain subjects to attempt to measure ones intelligence. But is there really a way to accurately measure someone’s intelligence? Joseph Walters and Gardner attempts to explain the many different aspects of intelligence and the various types of intelligent people in “A Rounded Version: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences.”
Walters begins by explaining what constitutes Intelligence. He does not agree with the traditional view that: “Intelligence is defined operationally as the ability to answer items on tests of intelligence… test scores acr...