2005-11-13
AQ 2
Maybe some of you thought I was joking about the Athletic Quotient, AQ. Well, that’s what I thought as well. Okay, I’m convinced that if you move your body well, you’ll be more healthy and successful and enjoy life better. I’ve done Tai-Chi and Kung-Fu for quite some years. I’m also dancing quite regularly. If you know how to move, or (even better) if your body moves in a natural way without thinking, it will give you a profit in the same way as high EQ or IQ. But I didn’t have any intention to give much attention to AQ in this sense. Why not? Well, I’m 100% mediocre on AQ. Whatever I do, I’ll never be a sportsman. So, I don’t want to know my AQ. No, the serious thing about AQ is ... my daughter, of course!
Last Friday I had a talk at school about my daughter. She’s 5 years old. The talk was not about her IQ, just a little about EQ, but most about AQ. The teacher did not use any of these Q’s. She spoke about the way my daughter moves when she’s playing. She wondered whether her left and right-hand side where in balance, whether my daughter’s meticulous movements were at the right level and whether she’s capable of making a drawing of a flower. Then I realized that the teacher was evaluating her AQ. She also spoke about the interaction with other children, the EQ part. Small children are evaluated most on AQ and EQ related subjects. It’s a big difference with high school, where youth is evaluated almost only on IQ related subjects.
In my previous posting I mentioned the SQ, the spiritual quotient. I still don’t know about that one. Do we ever get an evaluation on that level? Anyone any suggestion?
Last Friday I had a talk at school about my daughter. She’s 5 years old. The talk was not about her IQ, just a little about EQ, but most about AQ. The teacher did not use any of these Q’s. She spoke about the way my daughter moves when she’s playing. She wondered whether her left and right-hand side where in balance, whether my daughter’s meticulous movements were at the right level and whether she’s capable of making a drawing of a flower. Then I realized that the teacher was evaluating her AQ. She also spoke about the interaction with other children, the EQ part. Small children are evaluated most on AQ and EQ related subjects. It’s a big difference with high school, where youth is evaluated almost only on IQ related subjects.
In my previous posting I mentioned the SQ, the spiritual quotient. I still don’t know about that one. Do we ever get an evaluation on that level? Anyone any suggestion?
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Hi Sander,
You are not the first to think about these different types of intelligences. A well-known psychologist (and good book seller) called howard gardner wrote about seven (!) types of intelligences (among which: sensorimotor, i.e. your athletic intelligence). Even spiritual intelligence is there.
Gardner's original work on multiple intelligences concentrated on criticizing the classic IQ test for it's invalidity, since it is based almost purely on logico-mathematical ability (... things that computers are good at.. some would say).
in one of his last books he identified 4 more intelligences. (ah well, you need to improve your product, right? otherwise people will not buy the new version..)
for more on multiple intelligences check out his website
howard gardner
You are not the first to think about these different types of intelligences. A well-known psychologist (and good book seller) called howard gardner wrote about seven (!) types of intelligences (among which: sensorimotor, i.e. your athletic intelligence). Even spiritual intelligence is there.
Gardner's original work on multiple intelligences concentrated on criticizing the classic IQ test for it's invalidity, since it is based almost purely on logico-mathematical ability (... things that computers are good at.. some would say).
in one of his last books he identified 4 more intelligences. (ah well, you need to improve your product, right? otherwise people will not buy the new version..)
for more on multiple intelligences check out his website
howard gardner
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