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Multiple Intelligences Action Research
Discussion
American
schools have traditionally favored those students who excel in the
linguistic and analytical arenas because these skills are highly valued
in our culture. Unfortunately, this traditional approach leaves certain
students behind to stumble blindly through an educational system that
ignores their unique abilities. This action research study seeks to
show that instructional activities that incorporate the multiple
intelligences can improve students' attitudes toward learning and
students' academic achievement in English class.
by Michele R. Acosta
Summary of
Findings: Part 3
Students' grades did
not indicate the same positive results as the
comparison of pre and post analytical writing samples. Only students
with the highest grades actually improved their quarter grades;
however, this is consistent with the slow transition toward improvement
in analytical and written communication skills already described in the
analytical writing sample discussion. At the beginning of the study the
students with higher grades already demonstrated better attitudes
toward school and toward English; therefore, their improvement in
academic achievement improved more quickly in a shorter period of time.
The fact that these first period students recognized their improvement
in academic achievement was demonstrated by a thank you card given to
the researcher by the first period students at the end of the study.
One of the students said: "Thank you so much! You were such a big help
for me in this class!" Another student said: "Thanks for helping me
learn." Another said: "Thank you for a great quarter. I learned so
much. You made everything we did all worth while!" With more time, it
is likely that an improvement in overall grades would also have been
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