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Multiple Intelligences Action Research

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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

Recommendations

More research into the effects of MI based instruction on students’ attitudes toward learning is in order. Perhaps a study taking place over the course of an academic year and involving more students from a variety of schools (e.g. urban, rural, mixture of socioeconomic status, etc.) would provide a clearer picture of the effects of MI based instruction on students’ attitudes toward learning and on academic achievement.

In conclusion, MI based instruction has the potential to eliminate (or at least reduce) the number of American students who are currently stumbling blindly through our systems of education. These students can be provided with the opportunities that they need in order to succeed in school while they are improving the verbal-linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences which they will require in order to be successful in our society.

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