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Scholarship March 29, 2017

The Illusory Theory of Multiple Intelligences

The Wabash Center

Author
McGreal, Scott A.
Acknowledging that "there certainly are important abilities outside of what IQ tests measure," McGreal argues that calling these "intelligences" is unsupported by scientific warrants, and may produce needless confusion for educators. Further, he finds that such varying "intelligences" are "explainable in terms of existing concepts of personality and general intelligence."