You Are Smarter than You Think

by Thomas Armstrong

A Guide to Your Multiple IntelligencesBeing smart is more than getting good grades in school. It’s more than reading well, solving math problems, memorizing facts, and having a high IQ.Psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner studied how kids and adults learn. He discovered many different ways people can be smart. You can be Music Smart. People Smart. Self Smart. Nature Smart. Life Smart. Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences has changed how teachers teach in schools around the world. Look inside • Learn about the nine different intelligences and what they mean• Find out which ones you have ( You already have all nine, just in different degrees)• Make the most of your strongest intelligences• Strengthen your other intelligences• Use all nine intelligences at school, at home, and everywhere you go• Discover more about who you are and who you can be• Understand and get along better with the people around you• Look to the future and how you’ll use your smarts when you get olderQuick quizzes help you identify the many ways you’re smart. Did You Know? boxes entertain you with fascinating facts. Easytouse lists give you lots of fun ways to build your smarts. Resources point you toward books, magazines, and websites where you can learn even more. Because it’s not about how smart you are, but how you are smart.Thomas Armstrong, PhD, is an awardwinning author and speaker with 40 years of teaching experience and over 1 million copies of his books in print. He has authored 15 books, including Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom; written numerous articles for Parenting, Ladies’ Home Journal, Family Circle, and other periodicals; and appeared on several national and international television and radio programs, from NBC’s Today show to the BBC.

327 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 7, 2015

About the author

I am the author of 20 books, including my latest The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Updated and Revised Second Edition), which is a complete rewrite of a book I wrote with a similar title but slightly different subtitle in 2010.

My other books include: The Myth of the ADHD Child, 7 Kinds of Smart, Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, and The Power of the Adolescent Brain. I've also written for Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, and the AMA Journal of Ethics.

I see myself as a reader as much as, or even more than, a writer. Some of the books which I've enjoyed recently include Joseph and His Sons by Thomas Mann, The Story of the Stone/Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, the complete Arabian Nights (3 volumes), translated by Malcolm C. Lyons, The Studs Lonigan Trilogy by James T. Farrell, and From Here to Eternity by James Jones.

Beyond literature and writing, my hobbies and pursuits include improvising on the piano, doing mindfulness meditation, watching great movies on The Criterion Channel, doing yoga, and cooking Mediterranean cuisine.

Married for twenty-five years, and now divorced, I live in a cute Victorian style home on a hill in Sonoma County, California with my dog Daisy.

Reviews

[Rachel Drake · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciated introducing the different intelligences to my children.

[Yuliya Skripnik · Rating 5 out of 5]

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