Assessment of multiple intelligences in elementary school students in Mexico: An exploratory study

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Irma Marcela González-Treviño¹  Jesús Marco Valencia-Hernández²  Georgina Mayela Núñez-Rocha³  Arturo Arrona-Palacios⁴ 

[1] Department of Academic Development, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico;School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico;School of Public Health and Nutrition, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico;Writing Lab, TecLabs, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico;

关键词: Education;    Psychology;    Multiple intelligence;    Educational innovation;    Elementary students;    Intelligences;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Multiple Intelligence (MI) helps to evaluate the brain processes of individuals. Identifying the types of multiple intelligence can help teachers to understand their students better. Several studies have identified MI in school children; nevertheless, in Mexico, these studies have been scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to analyze the differences of MI between genders and the grades-in-school of Mexican elementary schoolchildren. In an effort to investigate the differences of MI in elementary school children in Mexico, we provided a self-administered questionnaire to 161 Mexican students. Overall, our findings showed that the students’ mean averages in the eight categories of MI were similar in both genders; in fact, the only significant differences in gender were found in intrapersonal intelligence (males reporting higher intrapersonal differences than females). No other significant differences in MI were found, nor were there interaction effects between gender and the grade in school. In summary, these results give us an understanding that the different types of MI may not be that well implemented in elementary school children.

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