The Effect of Using Multiple Intelligences on the Achievement of Intermediate Second-graders in Geography

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the effect of using multiple intelligences in the achievement of intermediate second-grade students in geography, and to achieve the research goal the researcher intentionally identified the research sample, namely Hassan Al-Basri Complementary School (experimental) (24) students studying multiple and medium-Saad (control) intelligence (25) students studying in the traditional way. Identify the scientific subject that includes the subject of the geography textbook to be taught to students of the second intermediate class, and three chapters of social studies were in the third and fourth semester. The researcher prepared a model plan for the subjects to be taught, and the test was presented to a group of experts and specialists. The experiment lasted for eight weeks. The researcher applied the post-test to obtain the students of the research group (experimental and controlling).

The results showed the superiority of the students of the experimental group who studied using some multiple intelligences over the students of the control group who studied in the traditional way statistically at the level of significance (0.05). In the light of the result, the researcher came out with a number of conclusions, including the use of multiple intelligences is an effective method for raising the achievement level in geography for middle school students.

The researcher recommended several recommendations, including focus on using multiple intelligences in teaching geography for middle school students.