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by Thomas Armstrong
About the Author
We normally think of reading and writing as skills that are a part of linguistic intelligence. In The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive, Thomas Armstrong shows how involving the other seven intelligences—logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic—will help students acquire reading and writing skills, especially those students who are not particularly strong in linguistic intelligence.
The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing appeals to all educators who work with reading and writing skills, from the preschool teacher leading the class in phonemic awareness activities to the post-graduate professor helping students examine kinesthetic imagery in Shakespeare’s plays. The book combines Howard Gardner’s MI theory and recent brain research on reading and writing with historical, anthropological, biographical, and psychological perspectives on literacy. Armstrong pulls the research together to show you how to engage students by infusing the study of words with imagery, logic, oral language, physical activity, emotion, music, social involvement, and nature experiences.
Armstrong provides hundreds of ideas, strategies, tips, and resources for teaching everything from grammar and spelling to word decoding and reading comprehension. His strategic approach synthesizes the best reading and writing methods for application in preK–12 classrooms, literacy programs, speech and language pathology groups, one-to-one tutoring sessions, and all other settings where words are the focus of learning. Armstrong shows you how to empower your students with literacy skills for life.
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Product No: 102280
ISBN-10: 0-87120-718-4
Availability: April 2003
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THOMAS ARMSTONG is the author of 11 books, including the ASCD books Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, 2nd ed., Awakening Genius in the Classroom, and ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom, and the books 7 Kinds of Smart and In Their Own Way (both published by Putnam-Penguin).
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designing learning experiences | intelligence | literacy
multiple intelligences | literacy | reading | writing
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