Spatial Intelligence

Spatial Intelligence

Spatial intelligence involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and more 
confined areas.

Using Technology to Teach the Multiple Intelligences: Spatial

There are many activities students can perform in conjuction with basic programs almost any 
computer has to develop and exercise spatial intelligence. Draw and paint programs are prime 
examples. Have them use these programs for activities like making classroom maps to visualize 
different furniture arrangements, or try these approaches:

A "stimulated imaginative approach:" have students begin with an outline or stencil of a theme or an 
object, on their paint program, and encourage them to fill it in and add background to give it 
meaning, depth, and other important qualities. OR...

"Observation drawing," where students draw an object using pencil and paper first, then transfer the 
image to a draw or paint program somehow, either by trying to draw it again, or using a scanner and 
then playing with the image to change its design.

These activities will be excellent for developing this intelligence, and also for providing an outlet for 
students who have an amount of spatial intelligence already. (http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/
technology.html)

Internet Links

http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/multiple.htm
http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/multiple.htm

http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/technology.html
http://www.mcmel.org/erica.mi/technology.html

Other Resources

Woolfolk, Anita E. (1998). Educational Pyschology. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Eggen and Kauchak. (2007). Educational Psychology. Colombus, OH: Pearson.