ABSTRACT
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences provides an articulate and easily remembered view of human abilities in which different strengths are valued. Multiple intelligences theory offers considerable promise in sensitizing parents and educators to diversity at the level of intellectual strengths. It needs to be combined with curricular theories and models to have an impact on education in general and gifted education in particular. The theory "defines an intelligence as the capacity to solve problems or fashion products which are valued in one or more cultural settings". Gardner stated that all intelligences can be enhanced, that they may develop almost independently, and that there is no specific order of priority. The majority of research conducted on MI has been to identify giftedness in children of low-socioeconomic or culturally diverse backgrounds. Children exhibited strengths and weaknesses in the seven different multiple intelligences.
