In Chapter one, Howard Gardner’s idea of the “intelligence tests” being an inaccurate approach to determining a students’ intelligence is an idea that many teachers and students struggle with today. Many school systems, more specifically colleges weigh heavily on accepting a student based off of their “SAT” scores as an indication of how “smart” they are and what type of student they are. In all actuality, it may only prove what type of learner they are. Test scores should not be the major determining factor of whether a student is intelligent because that discriminates among those students who do not test well. Before reading this chapter I thought I would be a teacher who gave mostly tests, with a few projects here or there, but now after learning about the eight types of learning styles I realize the importance of meeting every students needs. Low-test scores are discouraging to those students who do not test well, and that may put those students in a position where they feel they don’t want to learn anymore. Now with this knowledge, I can make my future assignments have choices or mix things up a little bit and give tests but have alternate ways of assessing my students as well, and this may also make it less boring and less traditional and allow my students to stay interested in the subject matter.
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