The possibility of combining some interactive methods for stimulating multiple intelligences in students within biology lessons

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to highlight how some interactive methods can be applied at different points in a biology lesson to activate different intelligence in students. As a research method we used the analysis of the current school curricula and textbooks developed for the 6th grade. By analyzing these curriculum documents, we have identified the possibility of activating multiple types of intelligence in the lessons of new knowledge transmission and recapitulation. Thus, in the 6th grade, in the "Reptile - Lizards" lesson, by applying the Cube method in the stage of transmitting new knowledge and Clustering technique in the stage of knowledge fixation and systematization of knowledge, it is possible to stimulate interpersonal, linguistic, logical, naturalist, visual, intrapersonal and, sometimes, kinesthetic intelligence. At the "Birds of Prey" lesson, the use of Think - Pair - Share method, in the stage of fixation new knowledge, and of Double Bubble Map or Venn Diagram, applied individually by means of a worksheet, in the stage of fixation and systematization of knowledge, can stimulate the interpersonal, linguistic, intrapersonal, naturalistic and visual intelligences. In the "Long Legged Birds" lesson, the use of the Star bursting method, in the stage of fixation and systematization of knowledge, and of the Response - Throw - Inquiry method, in the assessment stage of students' knowledge, can stimulate interpersonal, linguistic, visual, intrapersonal, naturalistic, and sometimes also kinesthetic intelligences. For the recapitulation lesson entitled "Reptiles", we propose applying the new interactive method called Search - Think - Build, through which the intrapersonal, interpersonal, linguistic, visual and natural intelligences of the students will be required. In conclusion, it can be said that by combining two interactive methods, carefully selected by the teacher, five or six types of intelligence can be activated in the students.