Branton Shearer

C. Branton Shearer is a neuropsychologist who has taught about the creative and practical applications of multiple intelligences since 1990 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. He is the creator of the Multiple Intelligences Developmental Scales (MIDAS™ www.MIResearch.org) that have been translated into 12 languages and implemented by educators and researchers in more than 20 different countries. He is the founder of the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice. Along with Mike Fleetham, Shearer is the author of Creating ExtraOrdinary Teachers (Continuum Network Education Press). Recently published by Teachers College Press is a collection of critical essays that he commissioned by notable educators and theorists, Multiple Intelligences at 25 Years: Reflections on its Impact, Status and Future. Also from Teachers College Press is the book, MIndful Education for ADHD Students: Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction Using Multiple Intelligences, coauthored with Victoria Proulx-Schirduan and Karen I. Case.