The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. In his Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Gardner expanded the concept of intelligence to also include such areas as music, spacial relations, and interpersonal knowledge in addition to mathematical and linguistic ability.
Some children learn easiest through seeing and are considered visual learners.
Some children learn easiest through hearing and are considered auditory learners. Some children learn easiest through touch and movement and are considered kinesthetic learners. Each of these is a learning style. Significant efforts have been made to measure intelligence, but, because the concept is elusive, test constructors simply aim at testing what they feel are typical manifestations of intelligence in behaviors. This generally is followed by reference to a particular child who seems to manifest gifted behaviors.