The day I walked into the sixth-grade classroom at County Elementary for my first substitute teaching job, I was nervous and wondering, "How am I going to teach to this group?" of children?" Rows of desks all facing the front were the only thing that looked familiar. So, with a deep breath, lesson plans in hand, I continued. The day consisted of one lesson and the students they rarely responded.For years the prevailing thinking about classroom organization has been what I call a teacher-centered approach to learning. This involves the teacher at the front of the class giving a lesson and expecting the student to regurgitate it more late on a test. Sound familiar? Teacher-centered classrooms were the norm for many of us. The problem with this approach to learning is that not all students learn in a lecture-centered structure the material is presented in different ways; this gives them time to really process and understand the material. I will show you how taking multiple intelligences into consideration and using different teaching approaches, different from the traditional teacher-centered approach, will help the student to acquire. a better understanding of the material as a whole. Additionally, I will provide examples of how this looks within a classroom context. Howard Gardner has done a lot of research on multiple intelligences. Many teachers have taken his idea and extended it to the classroom in the form of something called learning styles. Although Gardner himself does not ascribe to the extension of the learning style of multiple intelligences, many teach... middle of paper... Gardner, Howard. Multiple intelligences: new horizons. 1993. New York: Basic Books, 2008. Print.Kazu, Ibrahim Yasar. “The Effect of Learning Styles on Education and the Teaching Process.” Journal of Social Sciences (April 2009): 85. Academic OneFile. Network. July 20, 2011.Lamarche-Bisson, Diane. “Learning styles: what are they? How can they help?" World and I September 2002: 268. Academic OneFile. Network. July 20, 2011. Lemlech, Johanna K. Curriculum and teaching methods for elementary and middle schools. Ed. Debra A. Stollenwerk. 4th ed. 1994. Upper Saddle, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1998. Print.McClanaghan, Mary Ellen, et al. Master in the Art of Teaching. Bob Winberry. Canter Educational Productions, 1996. Print.Nolen, Jennifer L. “Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom.” Education (Fall 2003): 115. Academic OneFile. July 20 2011.