Howard Gardner, "A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory" (MIT Press, 2022)
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The Multiple Intelligence of Theory and the IQ Test
Psychologists are wedded to the iQ test and they don't want to drop it. If you have an hour and you want to predict how kids are going to do in school next year give them an iQ test. You never use the act in case it's worthless so what kind of impact has the multiple intelligence of theory have? We could talk for a long time about why psychologists don't accept it but let me simply say the psychologists are what are wedded they're married to theiQ test.
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