Very young children, as young as three or four years old, already demonstrate teaching or pedagogical intelligence, as evidenced by the fact that they explain things differently depending on whether they are teaching a younger person (with details, pointing, and slow speech) versus an older person (with elliptical, abbreviated explanations).
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Howard GardnerEvidence Quote
“as young as three or four year old will explain it very differently to a young person, will go through details, point things and speak slowly. And with an older person it would be much more elliptical”
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8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One? | Best of '16 | Big Think— Big ThinkCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:19:19 AM
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