Reviews

Frames Of Mind: The Theory Of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner

authorlisaard's review against another edition

3.0

I'm reading this for research on my new YA work. It's interesting, sometimes a little too technical. I skipped around a bit to get highlights, reading chapter summaries. Formatted well and good examples.

dervin01's review against another edition

2.0

While the concept of this theory was interesting, the writing was unnecessarily verbose. I found it difficult to pick out the main ideas of the theory beyond the first three and many of the notes in the final chapters seemed like afterthoughts to add to the page count. Gardner writes like a theorist, which is to say that he makes things complex for no reason other than the fact that he can. Since I am more of a creative writer, getting through this text was a chore that I'm proud to say I completed, but am unsure I ever should have attempted.

bookishwelshie's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

“Why bother attempting to define intelligence when it is relative and impacted by various factors?” -
Frames of Mind sets out to explain that there are different types of intelligence and how different parts of the brain affect each of these different types of intelligence.
Unravel common myths about human intellect, and learn how you can enhance and apply your cognitive talents across multiple spheres.

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3 Stars

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

vaibhavnad's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Insightful book that distilled information to be absorbed easily

lindacobas's review against another edition

informative reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

Interesting. Boring as hell but I'd put myself through it again. Although this read like a research paper I enjoyed his ability to be as non bias as possible. And how he mentions different methods of learning. There was a lot of information and too much to retain from only one time of reading it. However, I will not be reading this again. I think it is a good start to understanding myself better. I also think it brought up certain curiosities about the human mind and I am able to look for books that answer the questions I now have. 

tophat8855's review against another edition

4.0

This was on my parents' bookshelf and I read it while eating breakfast before seminary my sophomore year in high school. I loved it, but I was like 15, so I don't know how I'd rate it today, 10 years later. So I'm giving it 4 stars. I still remember some of the examples given in the book and it laid a foundation of how I would think about learning as a young adult, so it must have been good, right? It's really long, though.

bekab20's review against another edition

3.0

Very interesting theory and I want to learn more about it

colinmeldrum's review against another edition

4.0

This is an early product of Gardner’s work, but very comprehensive. People often confuse Gardner’s research with the theory of different learning styles, which seem to be a much more basic idea and one that is all to often misunderstood or applied only in superficial, fairly useless ways. This book works hard to communicate a well-rounded understanding of intelligence within individual and cultural contexts. I’m interested in reading his later works if he goes into more detail about application of this understanding in educational contexts. This book broaches that subject with a few hypotheses only.

virginiacjacobs's review against another edition

2.0

I gave this book two stars not because it was bad, but because it was really hard to get through. It's rambly in a technical sort of way, and after having it out of the library for 9 weeks, I still wasn't halfway through it.