Howard Gardber's MI Theory

According to Howard Garner, schools are failing to meet the needs of diverse learners because the school system works toward the needs of more logistic thinkers. There are way too many materials and topics covered, and the way students present what they have learned is through an exam. This creates knowledge that is a mile wide and in inch thick. Most students only remember the information for the exam and then forget about it. In order for schools to fix this problem, they need to incorporate more independent thinking. Students should be able to make a hypothesis and work towards research with trial and error and questions that they come up with. They need to be given the time to think deeply about an idea, and work toward understanding it. There are many different ways of learning, just like there are many different ways to show that students are understanding the material they need to progress though life.