Technology and Multiple Intelligences - Logical/Mathematical

artwork These "number smart" people learn best through numbers, reasoning, and problem solving. They are able to create and manipulate visuals and create mental pictures from many perspectives. They like to weigh, measure, calculate, and organize data. Give students opportunities to create or manipulate data they find on the Internet. Provide them with a video camera to record their scientific experiment. Get them to use other intelligences in their sharing of data such as making an analogy or debating an issue.

Roles: They enjoy collecting data, conducting experiments, and solving problems. Creating spreadsheets, databases, charts, and other data organization and calculation projects would be their contribution to a group. They enjoy problem solving, measuring, sequencing, predicting, experimenting, classifying, and data collection aspects of a research project.

Technology Tools

Organizational tools (databases, calendars)
Calculation tools (spreadsheets)
Online calculation tools and utilities
Scientific equipment (probes)
Science and math software
Spreadsheets
Statistics
Graphing calculators and software
Multimedia authoring (HyperStudio) - show results, animate
Videotape - experiments, demonstrations, data gathering
Animation - demonstrate an experiment
Desktop presentation (PowerPoint) - show results
Online data collection
Problem solving software
Webquests
Computer-aided design - for problem solving
Strategy, logic, and critical thinking software