But if Gardners objective was to broaden and democratize our conception of intelligencean idea that resonates deeply with teachersthe pull of the old model has been hard to shake. Terry Armstrong for graciously allowing us to use his questionnaire. Howard Gardner S Theory Of Multiple Intelligences Gardner Theory Howard Gardner Theories ERIC Digest Eric Digests. . Today the idea of multiple intelligences is as popular as ever but its starting to look suspiciously like the theory Gardner sought to displace. Instead of an ability that someone has the theory redefines it as a modality that may be. In this book he described these eight types of intelligence and later suggested a ninth. The original Gardner 8 Intelligences differentiated intelligence into 8 specific primarily sensory modalities rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general. According to Gardners theory of multiple intelligences humans have several diffe...