Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id FAA24215; Sat, 24 Apr 1999 05:14:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 05:14:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199904240922.FAA20732@oxford.megalink.net> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "The Cornwell's" <cornwell@megalink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:81] Playdough X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Status: OR Have I introduced myself on this list? I had the great privilege of working on the first phase of the Adult Multiple Intelligences research project and co-wrote an article with Wendy Quinones in the recent issue of Focus on Basics. I would think, Neeta, that wanting to have something in your hands during trainings could be revealing about the ways in which your particular brain works. I also noticed the wonderful drawing included in your signature line. What, exactly, does the slinky or playdough do for you during trainings? Multiple intelligences theory would suggest that your thought processes might actually take a different form when your hands are involved. Taken a step further, if you wanted to make a moment in history real for me or explain how to determine the area of a triangle, would you choose playdough or paper and pen as your medium? How is your learning experience affected by the tools you're given to use? Betsy Cornwell Northern Oxford County Even Start Rumford Maine
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