ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author deals with his view and understanding on learning and education in extension of his work on multiple intelligences. It is possible to create software that addresses the different intelligences; that provides a range of entry points; that allows students to exhibit their own understandings in symbol systems; and that begins to allow teachers to examine student work flexibly and rapidly. Educational goals include an enhanced understanding of the theory of evolution and the events called the Holocaust – topics drawn respectively from biology and from history. In stimulating revealing performances of understanding, teachers need to be imaginative and pluralistic. Presenting materials and fostering multiple representations is one component of effective teaching; the complementary component entails the provision of many opportunities for performance, which can reveal to the student and to interested observers the extent to which the material has been mastered.
