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• Is good at: math, reasoning, logic and problem solving. .
• Learns best by: categorising, classifying and working with abstract patterns/relationships. .
The second type of smart is logical-mathematical, or the intelligence of numbers and logic. It is the intelligence of the scientist, accountant, and computer programmer. Traits of people who have this type of intelligence include the ability the reason, sequence, think in terms of cause-and-effect, create hypotheses, look for conceptual regularities or numerical patterns, and enjoy a generally rational outlook on life.
Spatial Intelligence.
• Likes to: draw, build, design and create things, daydream, look at pictures/slides, watch movies and play with machines. .
• Is good at: imagining things, sensing changes, mazes/puzzles and reading maps, charts. .
• Learns best by: visualising, dreaming, using the mind's eye and working with colours/pictures. .
Spatial intelligence, which involves thinking in pictures and images and the ability to perceive, transform, and re-create different aspects of the visual-spatial world, is the intelligence of the playground architects, photographers, and artists. Individuals with this type .
of intelligence often have acute sensitivity to visual details and can visualise vividly, draw their ideas graphically, and orient themselves in 3-dimensional space with ease.
Musical Intelligence.
• Likes to: sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument and respond to music. .
• Is good at: picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitches/rhythms and keeping time. .
• Learns best by: rhythm, melody and music. .
Those who have the capacity to perceive, appreciate, and produce rhythms and melodies possess Musical intelligence, the fourth type of smart. This intelligence also resides in musicians and the mind of any individual, who has a good ear, can sing in tune, keep time to music, and listen to different selections with some degree of discernment.
