Multiple intelligences: Can they be measured?
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چکیده
This paper is about issues relating to the assessment of multiple intelligences. The first section introduces the authors’ work on building measures of multiple intelligences and moral sensitivities. It also provides a conceptual definition of multiple intelligences based on Multiple Intelligences theory by Howard Gardner (1983). The second section discusses the context specificity of intelligences and alternative approaches to measuring multiple intelligences. The third section analyses the validity of self-evaluation instruments and provides a case example of building such an instrument. The paper ends with concluding remarks.
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