Comments on: Seven different types of intelligence - trumps the classic IQ test http://www.cavemanpower.com/blog/seven-different-types-of-intelligence-trumps-the-classic-iq-test/ Diet, Fitness and exercises of primal man. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tam http://www.cavemanpower.com/blog/seven-different-types-of-intelligence-trumps-the-classic-iq-test/#comment-62 Tam Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:02:25 +0000 http://www.cavemanpower.com/blog/seven-different-types-of-intelligence-trumps-the-classic-iq-test/#comment-62 IQ tests are culturally biased also... a fact that is still largely unaddressed. As a Primary Teacher (and someone who has apparently a IQ of 156 lol) I have found the tests completely useless when trying to teach a child. The work of Dr Maria Montessori (Italy's first female physician) is far more comprehensive and accurate an approach to true intelligence... which interestingly is based on concentration, internal motivation and letting nature be our teacher. I think anyone interested in your work, Matt, and who is a parent or is around children would find her work very interesting. Montessori was a scientist who had to fight against the pigeon holing, labelling and discrimination that IQ tests, and the like, represented. Her method is just over 100 years old but is based on how we learn naturally and intuitively. IQ tests are culturally biased also… a fact that is still largely unaddressed. As a Primary Teacher (and someone who has apparently a IQ of 156 lol) I have found the tests completely useless when trying to teach a child. The work of Dr Maria Montessori (Italy’s first female physician) is far more comprehensive and accurate an approach to true intelligence… which interestingly is based on concentration, internal motivation and letting nature be our teacher. I think anyone interested in your work, Matt, and who is a parent or is around children would find her work very interesting.

Montessori was a scientist who had to fight against the pigeon holing, labelling and discrimination that IQ tests, and the like, represented. Her method is just over 100 years old but is based on how we learn naturally and intuitively.

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