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Who is your Celebrity Twin?
Added: (Thu Aug 28 2008)
Every wondered who would be your celebrity twin? Kevin Keegan, Gabby Logan or Justin Langer. What about Apprentice finalist Alex Wotherspoon? Today BoffinSquad.co.uk offers you the chance to find your celebrity Multiple Intelligence twin.
So what is Multiple Intelligence theory? Multiple Intelligence Theory was developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University. It suggests that traditional ways of testing for intelligence may be biased to certain types of individuals.
The perception still exists that intelligence can be measured in relation to reading, writing and arithmetic skills alone, and a person’s future success is judged accordingly. Dr. Howard Gardner, a Harvard Psychologist and Professor of Education, has demonstrated through his extensive research that this notion is, and always has been ridiculous. Instead, he became one of the first to express how we should not judge others according to this narrow definition of intelligence. He revealed there are 8 primary intelligences and individuals may excel in one, two or even three of these, but nobody is good at them all.
“What we have done,” says Ian Fisher, BoffinSquad creator, “is to make a quiz to show users their Multiple Intelligence profile. We want to target this at school children and their teachers. When a child understands their Multiple Intelligence profile it will help them make better decisions on learning styles and careers. We have created characters, games and activities on the website centred around each of the 8 intelligences. The message we want to convey is that it is cool to be clever!”
BoffinSquad has enlisted the support of a wide variety of celebrities to take the quiz. These are then compared to quiz results to find your very own celebrity twin! Go on, you know you want to take the quiz. Which is your twin, Nicky Hambleton-Jones, Ed Petrie or Rob McElwee?
Editors note 306 words
The original Multiple Intelligence theory was developed in 1983
Recently Gardner has posited the existence of a 9th intelligence he calls "Existential". Although Existential is positioned to be identified as an intelligence, at this time Gardner feels that there isn't any neurological evidence of a separately functioning biological existential ability. That is a central criterion in identifying an ability as an "intelligence".
The 8 intelligences: Kinaesthetic, Visual-spacial, Musical, Linguistic, Logical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Naturalistic.
Fisher Educational Ltd created boffinsquad.co.uk and is also responsible for the maths website 10ticks.co.uk and the website-creator websiteboffin.co.uk.
Address: Bolton Enterprise Centre, Washington St, Bolton, BL3 5EY
Ian Fisher i.fisher@10ticks.co.uk 01204 405341 evening 01204 849793
Picture. Ian Fisher Director/Creator, Emma Anderton Graphic Artist (responsible for the images)
If you have contact details of celebrities that would like their profile enhanced. Please e-mail e.anderton@boffinsquad.co.uk with their contact details. We are looking for celebrities, business leaders which includes newspaper editors!
http://www.boffinsquad.co.uk/activities/multipleintelligence/quiz.aspx