Posts Tagged ‘intelligence’

Ask Questions

Children learn by asking questions. Students learn by asking questions. New recruits learn by asking questions. It is the simplest and most effective way of learning. People who think that they know it all no longer ask questions – why should they? Brilliant thinkers never stop asking questions because they know that this is the best way to gain deeper insights.

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said… Continue reading

November 10 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: conversation, google, intelligence, learn, philosophy, question | 9 comments»

Expand Your Verbal Intelligence

The most common method of thinking in the Western world is verbal thinking. Although we have a range of intelligences including numerical, musical, spatial, emotional, verbal and kinaesthetic intelligences, it is verbal intelligence that we depend on most. We tend to think and express ourselves in words.

It can be argued that mastery of the use of words and verbal intelligence is the most important skill we develop… Continue reading

September 8 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: dictionary, intelligence, language, speech, thinking, verbal, vocabulary, word, writing | 10 comments»

What’s Your Intelligence Type?

About twenty-five years ago, Dr. Howard Gardner came up with a new theory about intelligence. He proposed that people were much more complex than what could be revealed in an IQ test or any other standardized testing model. He argued that different people have different strengths (i.e. intelligence types). Before this time, it was generally believed that intelligence was a single entity that was inherited. Today, most researchers believe the… Continue reading

May 30 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: education, intelligence, learning | 29 comments»

To Cognate or Metacognate – Which is Smarter?

Not exactly words you use every day, but we do apply cognition and metacognition every time we are asked a question.

Cognition is knowing something, like the answer in a test, while metacognition is knowing whether you know the answer or not. So which is more important? To know the answer or to know that you don't? Unless you’re taking a test or playing Jeopardy, metacognition is more important to success… Continue reading

February 6 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: decision-making, intelligence | 2 comments»

Believing You Can Get Smarter Makes You Smarter

Intelligence is found as malleable than fixed. Even better, psychologist Aronson has found out if people learned about IQ's malleability, they will become smarter than the ones without learning about this message. Several other researchers used this and applied to a research with seventh-grade students, and the results prove for itself: ... Indeed, students who were members of vulnerable groups (e.g., those who previously thought that intelligence cannot change, those who had… Continue reading

November 14 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: intelligence, smart | 3 comments»