Intervention package to enhance multiple intelligence among young adolescents
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Date
2006
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CCSHAU
Abstract
The aim of the present investigation was to develop an intervention package to
enhance multiple intelligence of young adolescents (12-14 years). To fulfill this
objective, a tool on multiple intelligence was developed consisting of nine components
of intelligence namely, Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Musical, Bodily-kinesthetic,
Visual-spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalistic and Existential intelligence.
Standardization was done on a sample of 60 young adolescents. The developed tool
reported satisfactorily high reliability and validity coefficients. Means, standard
deviations and percentile ranks were computed to describe the normative data. To
assess the existing status of multiple intelligence of young adolescent the developed
multiple intelligence tool was administered on 200 adolescents of 12-14 years of age.
Majority of respondents were found average in all the nine components of intelligence.
An intervention package was developed to enhance the intellectual abilities of
adolescents. Out of 200 respondents, 45 adolescents, 5 under each intelligence, were
selected for administration of intervention package. The results revealed significant
differences between pre and post intervention performance of adolescents on all
aspects of intelligence except for naturalistic intelligence. The various factors
identified at the micro, meso, exo, macro and chrono levels of adolescent’s human
ecological environment were found to be associated with adolescent’s performance on
Multiple Intelligence Tool. It was suggested that timely identification and
interventions should be arranged to enhance the optimum growth and development of
intellectual skills of young adolescents.