Re: Baby RDLA!!!

Jackson K. Eskew wrote:
On Mar 12, 7:45 am, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
<bornfeldm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eh--I haven't read the paper, so I'm sticking my neck out. But we have
enough trouble quantifying ANY kind of intelligence--how tough must it
be to quantify EMOTIONAL intelligence? (was that Robert Coles?)


The absurd attempt to quantify the unquantifiable is an essential part
of technopoly and its scientism. See Neil Postman's book, Technopoly.

From the FAQ at Howard Gardner's web site:

http://www.howardgardner.com/docs/Dr.%20Gardner%20FAQ%207_2004.pdf

Q. Could one construct a set of tests for each of the intelligences?

A. At one time, I thought it would be possible to create a set of tests of each intelligence—an intelligence-fair version, to be sure—and then simply to determine the correlation between the scores on the several tests. I now believe that this would be an extremely difficult feat to accomplish. Indeed, I think it could only be accomplished if one were to develop several measures for each intelligence, and then make sure that individuals were comfortable in dealing with the materials and methods through which each intelligence were measured. And so, for example, spatial intelligence would be a product of one's performances in such activities as finding one's way around an unfamiliar terrain, playing chess, reading blueprints, and remembering the arrangement of objects in a recently vacated room. Were such a measurement of intelligence to be done, the findings would be of scientific interest—at least to me! However, one reason why I have moved away from the creation of such measures is that they may lead to new forms of labeling and stigmatization. As I argue in the latter chapters, the intelligences should be mobilized to help individuals learn important content and not used as a way of categorizing individuals. To use the language of one of my critics, I do not want to inspire the creation of a new set of "losers."
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