Literacy Dynamics

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Literacy Dynamics
Carol Tucker, a life long educator, believes
that all children can learn if given instruction
that is suitable to their style of learning and
the manner that they best learn.   Through her
intense research, Ms. Tucker has developed to
guide to enable parents to connect to the souls
of their child and understand who the child is
and how the individual child best functions in
their world.  
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Literacy Dynamics

• Literacy Dynamics is a educational consulting
  organization.
• We address issues that address causes of chaos
  in the classroom.
• Chaos as a developing disease, spreads from
  classrooms, into living rooms, work
  environments, our  communities and neighborhoods,
  into our society  and our world. 
• If you are a parent, teacher, school
  administrator, guidance counselor
  student/academic coach, this question is for
  you.
• Is there CHAOS IN THE CLASSROOM ?

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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE

• Supports all gifts of the human mind

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What is Natural Intelligence?

• Each person is unique. No one else thinks just
  like you, acts just like you, or has the same
  identical talents you have. We all have a
  blueprint of special gifts to give others that no
  one else has.
• These special gifts are expressed through your
  eight (8) natural intelligences. Most people are
  strong in three (3) or four (4) of these
  intelligences. By knowing which areas you are
  strong in, you are able to identify what your
  special skills and abilities are.
• Many people think of success in terms of our
  linguistic and logical-mathematical abilities.
  What about people who sing or dance well? Or
  those who can act, invent things, lead people or
  have a good intuition? According to Howard
  Gardner, a professor of education at Harvard
  University, we are all smart in the following
  areas

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What is Natural Intelligence?

• WORD SMART BODY SMART
• LOGIC SMART PICTURE SMART
• NATURE SMART MUSIC SMART
• SELF SMART PEOPLE SMART

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Literacy Dynamics
Parents Know Your Kids By Carol
Tucker  www.literacydynamics.com
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Remember

• When applying to youth and teens, it is
  important to consider the growth and
  developmental stages of the brain.

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The Teen Brain

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Why is there a need to differentiate between
right/left brain learner ?
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Left Brain / Right BrainDetermines How We Learn

• 80 Right Brain Thinkers
• relate comfortably when engaging
• Musical and artistic ability
• Perception of space, body control and awareness
• Imagination and fantasizing
• Creatively talented
• Sees in pictures
• 
  
  

• 20 Left Brain Thinkers
• relate comfortably when engaging
• Logical thinking
• Science and math work writing, language ability
• Listens, academically talented

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Left Brain / Right BrainDetermines How We Learn

• 80 Right Brain Thinkers
• relate comfortably when engaging
• Musical and artistic ability, perception of
  space, body control and awareness,
  imagination and fantasizing,
• creatively talented, sees in
  pictures
• 
  
  
• 80

• 20 Left Brain Thinkers
• relate comfortably when engaging
• Logical thinking, Science and math work, writing,
  language ability, listens, academically
  talented
• 
  20

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Left Brain / Right BrainDetermines How We Learn
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LEFT BRAIN
RIGHT BRAIN
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Thinks primarily in words
Thinks primarily in pictures Has auditory
strengths
Has visual strengths Relates well to time
Relates well to
space Is a step-by-step learner
Is a whole-part learner Learns by
trial and error Learns concepts all at once
Progresses sequentially from easy to difficult
material Learns complex
concepts easily

struggles with easy
skills Is an analytical thinker

Is a good synthesizer Attends
well to details Sees the big
picture may miss details
80
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LEFT BRAIN
RIGHT BRAIN
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Is comfortable with one right answer
Generates unusual solutions
to problems Develops fairly evenly
Develops quite asynchronously Usually
maintains high grades
May have very uneven grades Enjoys algebra and
chemistry Enjoys geometry and
physics Learns languages in class Masters
other languages through immersion Is
academically talented
Is creatively, mechanically,
emotionally, or

technologically gifted Is an early bloomer
Is a
late bloomer
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LEFT BRAIN
RIGHT BRAIN
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Can show steps of work easily
Arrives at correct solutions intuitively Excels
at rote memorization Learns best by
seeing relationships Has good auditory
short-term memory Has good long-term
visual memory Learns concepts permanently
May need some repetition to reinforce learning
is turned off by drill and repetition Learns
well from instruction
Develops own methods of problem solving Learns
in spite of emotional reactions Is very
sensitive to teachers attitudes
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LEFT BRAIN
RIGHT BRAIN
Follows oral directions well
Reads maps well Does well at
arithmetic Is better at math
reasoning than computation Learns phonics
easily Learns whole
words easily Can sound out spelling words
Must visualize words to spell them Can
write quickly and neatly
Prefers keyboarding to writing Is well-organized
Creates unique methods of organization
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Literacy Dynamics
A new child is here! Whether a product of
society or the spirit of the universe, this
individual is here.  They are strong willed and
demand that we 'deal with them'.
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Natural Intelligence Profile Statistics

• Statistics suggests that today's teaching
  environment
• is in direct conflict with the natural
  intelligence and learning styles of over 75 of
  our students!
• Bodily Kinesthetic 30
• Musical Rhythmic 20
• Visual spatial 15
• Verbal linguistic 25
• Logical/mathematical 10

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30
15
10
25
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Key for Dominant Intelligence

• LM Logic/Math Smart- Logical -
  Mathematical VL
  Word Smart - Verbal Linguistic
• VS Picture Smart - Visual-Spatial
• BK Body Smart -
  Bodily-kinesthetic
• MR Music Smart - Music/Rhythmic
• NA Nature Smart - Naturalist
• Interpersonal - People Smart
  
• Intrapersonal - Self Smart
  

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Body Smart

• Bodily Kinesthetic
• Are highly coordinated
• Uses gestures and body language
• Takes things apart and fixes them
• Learns through hand-on activities
• Enjoys acting and role-playing
• Enjoys dancing and athletics

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Music Smart

• Music-rhythmic intelligence
• Have a good sense of rhythm and melody
• Likes to sing, hum, chant and rap
• Enjoys listening to music
• Reads and writes music
• Learns through music and lyrics
• Enjoys creating music

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MUSIC SMART

• Musical Rhythmic Intelligence
• Has a good sense of rhythm and melody
• Likes to sing, hum, chant and rap
• Enjoys listening to music
• Reads and write music
• Learns through music and lyrics
• Enjoys creating music

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WORD SMART

• Learns through reading, writing, discussing
• Communicates effectively
• Has a good vocabulary
• Writes clearly
• Spells easily
• Thinks in words

The Ability to Use Language
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Verbal Linguistic

• Surround this person
  with
• Words and language
• Turn offs criticism, bare walls, drills without
  imagination

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ART / SPACE SMART

• Thinks in pictures and images
• Good with spatial relations
• Has a good eye for detail and color
• Sees solutions to problems
  Learns through visuals
  
  Likes to draw and create
• VISUAL/SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

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Art / Space Smart
Visual / Spatial Profile
...appears
to be Daydreaming.
Difficulty Expressing Ideas with Words

• Turned off Overloaded
• by long print passages.

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Nature Smart

• Naturalist Intelligence The Naturalist
• Aware of their natural surroundings
• Discriminates different flora and fauna
• Good at sorting and classifying
• Has keen observational skills
• Understands natural phenomena
• Gardens or cares for pets or animals

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Nature Smart

• Enjoys playing and working outside in all kinds
  of weather
• Does not mind getting dirty

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PEOPLE SMART Good at understanding people,
leading others, organizing, communicating,
manipulating and mediating conflicts.

• Interpersonal Intelligence
• Makes and maintains friends easily
• Understands and respects others
• Leads and organizes others
• Resolves conflicts
• Learns by interacting with others
• Likes to work and be with others  

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Self Smart

• Intrapersonal
• Needs time to process information
• Thinks about their own thinking
• Has strong opinions and beliefs
• Is introspective
• Knows themselves well
• Likes quiet time alone
• Turn-offs
• Direct instruction, harsh punishments of others,
  sweeping rules, when understanding of what is
  going on is not permitted.

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There Are Three (3) Job Categories. Which
Area Do You Feel Most Comfortable? Which Area
Is Most Satisfying to Your Natural Intelligence?

• People Things Information
• INTERPERSONAL INTER /
  INTRAPERSONAL INTRAPERSONAL
• Taking Instructions Repairing Increasing
  Productivity
• Serving the Public Setting Up Coordinating
  details
• Using Intuition Building Things Planning,
  developing
• Communicating Operating Vehicles Designing
• Persuading Operating equipment Creating,
  synthesizing
• Performing, Joking Using Tools Improving,
  Adapting
• Managing, Supervising Monitoring
  Machines Visualizing
• Negotiating, Deciding Loading /
  Unloading Evaluating, Analyzing
• Founding, Leading Working with
  Earth Organizing Treating
  Sick People Athletics Researching
• Advising, Consulting Delivering/Moving Computing
• Counseling Fixing Things Copying, Retrieving
• Training Employees Outdoor Activities Comparing
• Working With Animals Transporting
  Things Observing
• Verbal Linguistic Kinesthetic/Naturalist Verbal
  Linguistic
  Visual Spatial Visual Spatial
• Mathematical/Logical

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Universal Lifes Goal

• Ultimately it is the responsibility of our
  educational system to
• ensure that students successfully immerge from
  its classrooms, equipped with abilities and
  capabilities that will contribute to the Universe
  in a positive way
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• By supporting natural intelligences, we
  encourage students, as they become adults, to
  fulfill their lifes mission and purpose
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• The Result?
• A positive, productive individual, family,
  community, country and Universe

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Lets Ask Some Real Questions

• Who benefits from a multiple intelligence
  evaluation and assessment?
• Students, teachers, administrators.All of us.
• What impact could multiple intelligence
  evaluations and assessments have in the life of
  a student, a teacher, a parent?
• Creates mutual respect and understanding between
  individuals.
• When does the concept of multiple intelligences
  apply?
• School, home, work place, social settings
• Where could multiple intelligence evaluations
  and assessments
• be useful?
• Any aspect of life.
• Why are multiple intelligence evaluations and
  assessments important?
• Supports each individual intelligence equally
  !!
• How could multiple intelligence evaluations and
  assessments improve a classroom setting?
• Students would more likely be turned on, rather
  than turned off.

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Literacy Dynamics
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MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE

• Supports all gifts of the human mind

Presented by Carol Tucker - Literacy
Dynamics www.literacydynamics.com
PowerPoint by GMHeath mboups_at_aol.com
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