In 1979 a young graduate student in cognitive-development psychology, Howard Gardner and a group of colleagues received a grant from the Bernard Van Leer Foundation. The money was intended to, “ …produce a scholarly synthesis of what had been established in the biological, social, and cultural sciences about the nature and realization of human potential ( Gardner, 1999, p.32 ).” Four years later, Gardner published his discoveries, including his infamous Theory of Multiple Intelligences, in the 1983 book, Frames of Mind ( …showed first 75 words of 1353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1353 total…of intelligence and cognitive ability for years to come. Bibliography Abernathy, M. 1999 Howard Gardner's Seven Types of Intelligence www.swopnet.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences.htm(10/26/2000) Edwords, A. 1999. Components of the Multiple Intelligences http://boisdarc.tamu-commerce.edu/www/e/edwords/components.htm(10/27/2000) Garner, H. 1983. Frames of Mind, The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York, Basic Books Gardner, H. 1993. Multiple Intelligences; The Theory in Practice. New York, Basic Books Gardner, H. 1999. Intelligence Reframed. New York, Basic Books