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Test Your Knowledge: Find Your Child's Learning Style

Even though two kids may have the same parents, their approaches to learning can make it seem like they come from different planets. Experts such as Howard Gardner, professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, have studied these divergent learning styles, also known as "multiple intelligences." Gardner's premise, first outlined in his book Frames of Mind, is that children have different natural ways of learning, and that parents and teachers who are aware of how children learn can greatly enhance what they learn.

Filed under Parents and tagged with learning styles scholastic on October 17, 2008 #