People usually use the word "intelligence" to describe a person's natural intellectual ability, which is thought to be set at birth, measurable, and hard to improve. Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner proposed the concept of multiple intelligences in 1983 to help teachers, psychologists, and parents in their understanding of children's cognitive processes and their unique approaches to learning. 

Howard Gardner proposed the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. The term "multiple intelligences" is used to talk about a theory that tries to classify the different ways that students can learn and understand things.