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True.
Perhaps I reacted a bit hastily, but there seems to be this general feeling
that an open-ended exhibit will solve all problems.  But it won't.  I have
always been a proponent of open-ended exhibits, but close-ended exhibits
aren't necessarily bad.  Some "traditional" style learners will actually
avoid exhibits that appear open-ended.  So, let's not dismiss people's
attempts to create exhibits that meet different criteria.  Howard Gardner's
multiple intelligence theory could indeed be transformed into a rubric for
creating exhibits - close-ended and open-ended.

-William

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Ed didn't say it would cover all of the multiple intelligences - just
that it would be "multi" - there is a subtle difference.

Susan Dittus

Public Program Director

Discovery Center of Idaho

208-343-9895 ext 233


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Ed,

I respectfully disagree.  Does an open-ended experience necessarily
encourage the development of musical intelligence as well as
logistical-mathematical intelligence?  I don't think so.  The more an
experience is facilitated the more likely one can approach this, but the
idea that creating an open-ended experience automatically engages all
types
of intelligence is a bit simplistic.

Or ofr a concrete example: I have yet to see anyone develop their
musical
intelligence by utilizing a paper airplane exhibit.  I'm not saying it
can't
ever happen (someone could develop a song about airplanes), but I am
saying
the airplane exhibit is not effective at encouraging it.

-William


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Mike-

Making the exhibit experience open-ended ensures that it will be
multi-intelligence. Give people a challenge and let them solve it in
their
own thinking style - some will talk, some will draw, some with pick up
the
materials provided and build. Perfect.

Ed


Ed Sobey, Ph.D.
Global Evangelist for Creative Learning
Northwest Invention Center
(425) 861-8685
www.invention-center.com
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