CHAPTER 10
IntellECTUAL DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of this chapter, the learner is expected to:
1. Explain the varied definitions of intelligence;
2. Justify how intelligence can be developed through habits;
3. Evaluate the role of intelligence in identity formation ; and
4. Develop ways to enhance one's image through intellectual
development.
WHAT IS INTELLIGENCE
• Intelligence has been a controversial topic throughout
psychology's history. Despite the substantial interest in the
subject, there is still considerable disagreement about what
components makeup intelligence. In addition to questions
of exactly how to define intelligence, the debate continues
today about whether accurate measurements are even
possible.
• Intelligence involves some different mental abilities including logic,
reasoning, problem-solving, and planning. While the subject of intelligence
is one of the largest and most heavily researched, it is also one of the topics
that generate the greatest controversy.
• The term "intelligence quotient," or IQ, was first coined in the early 20th
century by a German psychologist named William Stern. Psychologist Alfred
Binet developed the very first intelligence tests to help the French
government identify schoolchildren who needed extra academic assistance.
Binet was the first to introduce the concept of mental age or a set of
abilities that children of a certain age possess.
Developing Intellectual Abilities
• Intellectual development refers here to the changes that occur,
as a result of growth and experience, in a person’s capacities for
thinking, reasoning, relating, judging, conceptualizing,etc. In
particular it concerns such changes in children.
• Intellectual development is all about learning. It is about how
individuals organise their minds, ideas and thoughts to make
sense of the world they live in.
The 2 main areas of
intellectual development
are:
Language Development
• helps us to organize thoughts and make sense of
the world around us
Study Habits
• Study habit is an action such as reading, taking notes, holding study groups
which the students perform regularly and habitually in order to accomplish
the task of learning. Study habits can be described as effective or
ineffective depending upon whether or not they serve the students well.
• Study habits help students make their studies easier to understand and
make their learning experience comfortable and enjoyable. Having good
study habits is important for a student because it will help them to improve
their academic learning and skills.
Cognitive development
• is about how we use our minds and organize
thinking to understand the world around us.
Folowing are ways to deal with the
everyday physical , emotional and
intellectual requirements in the school.
1.) Have the Right Mindset
• Consider studying as a necessary reality, something
that leads us to our dreams and our goals. Creating a
positive mindset allows us to have the motivation to
absorb everything that we need to work on
2.) Practice “Zero Navigation” When Preparing for the
Coursework
• Each individual is pre-occupied with much concern in
his/her everyday life. It is very common that a learner
who is subjected to stress and the pressure of
everyday life cannot focus on whatever needs to be
done.
3.) Choose the Proper Venue for Studying
• Studying in a conductive environment contributes a
lot to the accomplishment of the task at hand. No
time is wasted on rereading and rethinking due to a
noisy and chaotic environment.
4.) Make a Reviewer
• It is mandatory for students to make reviewers for
every coursework. It is highly improbable for one to
review directly from the textbooks or references.
Such may result in information overload and
“intellectual indigestion”
5.) Bring Only the Things that You Need
• There is a need to get rid of ‘distractions’. Such is true
when one brings gadgets, computer games and the
like. Unless they are needed to accomplish your
coursework.
6.) Be Smart, Use Devices such as a Mnemonics
• There is always the best strategy to review and
imbibe the lessons at 100%. Using the acronyms of
the concepts being studied, ine can easily remember
terms and keywords.
7.) Choose the Best TIme to Study
• It is highly proven that the best time to review is
during waking up. When the brain has relaxed
for a while such as after getting a ‘power nap’ or
a 45-minute short sleep. The brain in this state
can absorb all that you can feed it and retrieve
as well as all stored knowledge.
8.) Never Be Dependent on the
Worldwide Web and Your Personal
Compute
• Learn to be self-sufficient without relying much on
the use of computers and the net. Not everything
from these sources is highly valid and reliable.
9.) Reward Yourself
• ‘Every good deed deserves a reward.’ Everyone
who has exerted much effort to accomplish
relevant tasks should be rewarded. Such reward
can be from one’s own self.
10.) Have a Sense of
Accomplishment
• Writing a list of all that you have to accomplish
pertinent to school work is necessary. From the most
minute to the most grandiose task, a list should be
kept and checked every time one activity is achieved
or done.
UNDERSTANDING LEARNING STYLE
• How do you learn? What is your unique learning
style? Are you aware that there are certain ways to
learn depending on what appeals to the Learner.
LEARNING STYLE
• Refers to a range of approaches to learning which
highly dependent on how an individual will be
receptive of the learning experience. Learners differ
in how they process information and in what manner
they are able to perform such process.
VISUAL LEARNERS: Learn through seeing…
• These learner need to see the teacher’s body language and facial
expression to fully understand the content of the lesson. They tend
to prefer sitting at the front of the classroom to avoid visual
obstructions (e.g. people’s heads). They may think in pictures and
learn best from visual displays including: diagrams, illustrated text
book, overhead, transparencies, video, flipchart and hand-outs.
during a lecture or classroom discussion visual learners often prefer
to take detailed notes to absorb the information.
AUDITORY LEARNERS: Learn through listening…
• They learn best through verbal lectures, discussion, talking
things through and listening to what others have to say.
Auditory learners interpret the underlying meaning of
speech through listening to tone of voice, pitch, speed, and
others nuances. Written information may have little
meaning until it is heard. These learners often benefit from
reading text aloud and using a tape recorder
TACTILE/ KINESTHETIC LEARNERS: learn through, moving,
doing and touching…
• Tactile/ kinesthetic person learn best through a
hands-on approach, actively exploring the physical
world around them. They may find it hard to sit still
for long periods and may become distracted by their
need for activity and exploration.
DEVELOPING LEARNING SKILLS
• Considering that individual have different ways to
learn and grasp concepts then it follows that an
understanding of our strength and weaknesses will
equip us with knowledge as to how wee should go
about overcoming and compensating for our
deficiencies.
BELOW ARE STEPS TO GO ABOUT THIS NEED TO DEVELOP
LEARNING SKILLS BASED ON WHAT ONE NEEDS
• STEP 1: one has to identify his learning preference and understand
its intricacies so as to understand the best approach to learn;
• STEP2: determine if the chosen learning preference will suffice
your understanding of your learning needs;
• STEP 3: develop those areas to which you think you are deficient.
There is always a chance for an individual to not only compensate
on those gray areas but desire to improve on the same.
VARIED LEARNING STYLES
SENSORY LEARNERS
• if one relies too much on sensing he tends to prefer
what is familiar and concentrate on facts he knows
instead of being innovative and adapting to new
situations. seek out opportunities to learn theoretical
information and then bring in facts to support or
negate these theories.
INTUITIVE LEARNERS
• if he relies too much on intuition he risk missing
important details which can lead to poor decision-
making and problem solving. The learner should
learn facts or memorize data that will help assess a
theory or procedure. There is a ned to slow down
and look at the details instead of jus browsing
VISUAL LEARNERS
• concentrate more on pictorial or graphical
information that on words this give a distinct
disadvantage because verbal and written information
is still the main preferred choice for delivery of
information. Practice note-taking and seek out
opportunities to explain information verbally,
VERBAL LEARNERS
• when information is presented in diagrams sketches
flow charts it can develop and reduce time spent
learning and absorbing information. learning can be
through audio-visual presentations.
ACTIVE LEARNERS
• there is need to concentrate on assessing
information and summarizing situations. Take time to
digest information before discussing it with others.
REFLECTIVE LEARNERS
• “Haste make waste”. Too much thinking takes too
much time. Comes a time when a decision has to be
made quickly. Be involved in group decision-making
and be able to apply the information in the most
practical manners.
SEQUENTIAL LEARNERS
• breaking down the concept and data in its smallest
components proves to be good but unproductive.
One has to slow down and focus on the goal of the
activity. Determine how actions will help in the
longer term. There is a need to pause to look at the
bigger picture.
GLOBAL LEARNERS
• This individual can easily see the bigger picture and
so desires to immediately to splurge on the activity.
Disadvantage is he is not able to reflect yet on how to
attain the goal as there is always the best strategy
and approach.
TIME
MANAGEMENT
“A plan is what, a schedule is when. It
takes both a plan and a schedule to get
things done.”
Peter Turla
Time management
Time management is important because there
are just so many hours in a day in which you
can accomplish your time. Learning how to
manage one’s time allows identification of
what is important from what is not.
DEVELOPING TIME
MANGEMENT SKILLS
1. What to do list : one has to make a list of things
that he has to accomplish for the day.
Example: prayer
cleaning the house
preparing for online class
2. Create a Weekly and Monthly Planner.
A plan for a week and a month will help a person to foresee
what will happen in the next day to come people will be able
to use wisely his/her resources.
3. Be Prepared for All Your activities Way Ahead
To avoid cramming and lack of preparations
preparing for the activities ahead is a must.
4.) Be On Time Or Atleast 15 Minutes
Earlier.
If the activity requires a participant or attendee to
be at the venue or zoom
example or google meet he/she should be there 15
min. ahead.
Tardiness is a counter –productive Behavior that
does not only steal time but it negates one of
respect and credibility as well.
DEVELOPING DECISIVENESS
the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively.
1.) Refrain from Relying on “fate” and the
supernatural
Some people decide from flipping a coin; asking for
some signs this is someting queer and out of human
logic. One can never leave to fate or destiny .
2. Choose People of Authority when asking for advices
Choosing the best person to give advice is a must not
only a friend or a person close to us.
3. Consider always the Pros and Cons
Weighing things well is a necessary procedure to take in decision
making. Understanding the complete scenario will equip us with
advantages and disadvantages of the given options.
4.) STAND ON YOUR GROUND
Making decisions demand a degree of understanding and
intelligence pertaining to the pros and cons of the
choices made.
THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING !
REPORTED BY: CRISOLOGO, JES ERAN FILIP
APILADO, SHERRYLENE
GARCIA,RANZENETH
CARANGUIAN, RICHEL
