Current theory and emerging research has supported a broader more comprehensive definition of intelligence. She resides in Chicago and conducts workshops nationally and internationally in cognitive strategies and cooperative interaction. She offers an examination of a variety of theories to support a broader definition of intelligence. The following is a brief sampling of intelligence theories presented in her book. Traditional theory of general intelligence.
Intelligence is inherited and unchanging.
Piaget's theory of developmental psychology. Intelligence is developmentally constructive in the mind of the learner and moves from concrete to abstract stages of understanding. Vygotsky's theory of structural mediation. Intelligence is a function of activity mediated through material tools, psychological tools, and other human beings. Feurerstein's theory of structural cognitive modifiability.