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Three ways to approach learning with MI theory:
 * Eight Ways of Knowing & Eight Ways of Teaching by David Lazear **

1. Intelligence as a subject – Before you use the MI as a lesson approach, you must teach students about MI theory.

2. Intelligence is an approach – MI is a theory but think of it as a learning tool to reach the content/knowledge.

3. Meta-intelligence is the learning about ‘learning and the brain’ Meta-cognition is thinking about thinking or reflecting on your thinking. Meta-intelligence is how the brain works with MI.

Steps for using Lazear’s Eight Ways of Teaching (8 N 1):

1. Focus on the content – *What do you want students to learn/do in the lesson? *Think in the realm of a simple lesson or activity not a whole lesson plan. *The activity can be just one day or go over several days.

2. State the objectives/outcomes – *What should students be able to do after the lesson is over. *Write it down and be specific is you want to be sure of the outcome. *The lesson should target a skill gained or a behavioral change which is learning with value.

3. Go to the Tool Box for each intelligence to get suggestions – *Try some activities that you will be comfortable doing. *Try activities you are not that comfortable with. *Have each lesson involve each MI in some fashion. *Decide if this requires an individual or group participation. *Determine how resources will be used (room, supplies).

4. Define the use of the tool – *Write the outcome you expect from students once they complete it. *Be sure to assess each activity you have to give value to the lesson/activity.

5. Sequence the lesson – *Order the learning activities so that there is constructivism in learning. *Start with the basics and build steps of each activity that builds on what is already learned to further the learning experience.

When to use 8 N 1 Learning Process: *When teaching tedious material. *When trying to culminate a unit.

Results of the 8 N 1 Learning Process: *The more ways in which a person learns something, the more they learn. *The more ways in which a person learns something, the more they will remember it. *The more ways in which a person learns something, the person will really understand it. *The more ways in which a person learns something, the person will use it. *The more ways in which a person learns something, the person will value it.

Lazear, example of lesson for elementary school – The Journey of Metamorphosis

Lazear, example of lesson for middle school – Fraction and Decimal Equivalents

Lazear, example of lesson for high school – Literature Genre