Investigating Multiple Intelligence-Based Instructions Approach on Performance Improvement of Indonesian Elementary Madrasah Teachers

Abstract

Multiple intelligence (MI) theory has attracted much attention in the field of education, although Howard Gardner as the inventor of this theory, does not intend to create it to apply learning and instruction. The theory was directed at the philosophy of developmental and cognitive psychology (Gardner, 2011) as a discipline he was interested in since the beginning of his career. Eventually, MI theory became popular in educational practice. The typical studies, which connect MI and education, are becoming multiple intelligences in school (Hoerr, 2004), multiple intelligences in the elementary school (Baum, Viens, & Slatin, 2005), and multiple intelligences in the classroom (Armstrong, 2009). Later on, this study has evolved into a more specific discipline such as multiple intelligences and leadership (Riggio, Murphy, & Pirozzolo, 2001), and the multiple intelligences in the reading and writing (Armstrong, 2003). In the field of learning and instruction, MI theory has grown so popular, such as teaching and learning through multiple intelligences (Campbell, Campbell, & Dickinson, 1996) and multiple intelligences-based instructions (Yaumi, 2013). Here, multiple intelligences-based instructions is a learner-centered learning strategy, which focuses on identifying learners' intelligence, talent, and learning preferences and providing the best way for learning. MI is the ability or talent possessed by a person (learner) that includes verballinguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, musicalrhythmic, physical-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, 809216S GOXXX10.

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