Assistance in the Introduction to Multiple Intelligences for Elementary School Teachers in Differentiated Learning

Abstract

Assistance with introducing multiple intelligences for elementary school teachers in differentiated learning is fundamental knowledge for teachers in implementing differentiated learning. Because differentiated learning respects the diversity of children's abilities and gives children freedom in education. Intelligence is one part of a learner's learning profile that is important to pay attention to. An individual's intelligence can be divided into several categories, including logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, naturalistic, visual-spatial, intrapersonal, kinesthetic, and visual-spatial. Teachers need to assess and develop students' intelligence effectively, considering the variability of their intelligence. Correct learning techniques can be used in the classroom to help students achieve their full potential based on their intelligence. The idea of an independent learning curriculum is learning based on the diversity of student profiles. Therefore, teachers must know about readiness for differentiated learning. This service research aims to increase knowledge regarding things that must be prepared before implementing differentiated learning through Gugus Srikandi teachers. The method used in service is lecture, practice, and assignment methods. This research shows that elementary school teachers' reflections on differentiated learning at SD Negeri Bojong Salaman 02 include diagnostic assessments, content differentiation, differentiation, process, and product differentiation. In more detail, there were several problems with the implementation, and there were even activities outside the independent curriculum's provisions. These include diagnostic assessments that still need to meet the requirements/through the stages of an assessment action, and teachers still need clarification about integrating learning readiness, learning styles, and learning readiness. Apart from that, the reflection results also reveal that teachers have advantages in implementing differentiated learning. This advantage is that teachers often vary their education, and teachers become idols for students. Keywords: Differentiated Learning, Multiple Intelligences, Independent Curriculum.