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 I really do think that there is a lot of overlap between intelligence and ability and sometime they are one in the same under Gardner's definition of intelligence. I think that both intelligence and ability can be be "worked on" in the sense that one can develop both to some extent, but there is also a certain level of difference between people simply in how well they perform such tasks (which is probably why it can also be argued that they are actually abilities). I wonder whether or not one label over the other would influence how they are applied/used in the classroom. If it was labeled as an ability rather than an intelligence then would teachers be more likely to downplay the differences?