How Multiple Intelligences Affect Sixth Grade Students

The first article I have chosen to review is titled, To what extent do different multiple intelligences affect sixth grade students’ achievement level on the particle model of matter, by Zehra Ozdilek. In the introduction of this article, he explains how students in a Turkish elementary school are having a difficult time understanding the concept of matter which was new in the curriculum that year. He then also explains how Howard Gardner believe that teachers needed to be aware that each child is different, thus they are all going to learn in a variety of ways. Ozdilek explains that a teacher who is going to use Gardner’s theory as a teaching strategy needs to understand that each child has all eight intelligences, but some may not have developed …show more content…
The researchers created several questions that they hoped to answer while conducting their study. “How can we design the assignments and tasks so that we support and develop the multiple intelligences of our students? What are the best teaching strategies that will help us implement the multiple intelligences assignments? What is the impact of using MI strategies and assessment on students’ attitude towards the Theory and Methodology of Curriculum and Literature for Children? (Popa, 2011)” This research was conducted at the University of Ordea in Romania. The study was conducted on a total of 56 students in an undergraduate program. The instruments used in this study were: students’ survey, students’ interviews, and observational charts. The students were asked to take surveys about their thoughts and attitudes towards the courses they were currently enrolled in. They were interviewed on their feeling and attitudes towards the teaching strategies used in those particular courses and if they would prefer to be taught through the use of multiple intelligence strategies. The observational chart took record of on goings in the classroom. The results of this study suggest that the students had a positive attitude towards the two disciplines when Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence were …show more content…
This study consisted of 57 eighth graders from North Carolina. Once again, a control group and an experimental group were observed during the research. The researchers chose to give the students a pre-test, before conducting the experiment, and a post-test, after the experiment was complete. The control group was taught using the traditional direct instructional method, whereas the experimental group was taught using multiple intelligence teaching