After you have completed your study of this chapter, you should be able to reach these learning goals:

Discuss the concept of intelligence, how it is measured, and some controversies about its use by educators.

Describe and evaluate learning and thinking styles.

Define personality, identify the "big five" factors of personality, and discuss person-situation interaction. Also, define temperament, identify three types of children's temperament, and evaluate teaching strategies linked to children's temperament.