Due to increasing teacher accountability and standardized test score requirements attributed to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, this essay examines research of the positive influences of arts education on student academic achievement and social growth. Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory and brain research, such as that of Eric Jensen, suggest the necessity for various types of instruction and assessment to ensure that all students' learning needs are met; and to maximize the potential for intellectual growth in each student. Harvard University's Project Zero programs: Artful Thinking, Art Works for Schools, and Arts PROPEL are examined. A+ Schools Program (North Carolina), and various schools and school districts around the United States having arts-rich curricula and high student academic and social achievement are identified. Community Outreach programs: Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE),Young Audiences of Indiana, the Pennsylvania Ballet show positive arts influence outside of the traditional classroom setting. Research by James S. Catterall, J. Burton, R. Horowitz, and H. Abeles on the question of learning transfer taking place across the disciplines is also examined.

Orientadora: Profa. Dra. Virgínia Cardia Cardoso / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do ABC, Programa De Pós-Graduação em Ensino, História, Filosofia das Ciências e Matemática, 2015. / O presente trabalho consiste na análise de um projeto para o ensino de frações. O referencial teórico adotado foi a Teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas de Howard Gardner, que assume a ideia de que a inteligência humana seria multifacetada, totalizando um espectro formado por oito inteligências: corporal-cinestésica, espacial, interpessoal, intrapessoal, lógico-matemática, linguística, musical e naturalista. Serão relatados os principais pontos da teoria de Gardner, dentre eles, a importância de uma educação que considere as individualidades cognitivas dos educandos, a concepção de inteligência baseada na capacidade de resolver problemas e a abordagem dos conteúdos escolares por meio de cinco pontos de entrada: narrativo, fundamental, por uma abordagem estética, lógico-quantitativo e experimental. Com base nos pressupostos educacionais da teoria e no levantamento das problemáticas relacionadas ao ensino de frações, apresentaremos o projeto de ensino elaborado pela autora deste trabalho e o seu desenvolvimento em uma escola da rede pública municipal de São Paulo, em uma pesquisa-ação com a observação participante de uma turma do quinto ano do ensino fundamental que buscou verificar que contribuições emergiriam das práticas adotadas para a compreensão de tópicos relacionados aos números racionais em sua forma fracionária. Os resultados mostraram que a abordagem utilizada possibilitou avanços na aprendizagem dos alunos nos conteúdos matemáticos trabalhados, em um contexto educacional que teve em suas finalidades propiciar o estímulo e o desenvolvimento de suas inteligências. / This work is the analysis of a project for teaching fractions. The theoretical framework adopted was the Theory of Multiple Intelligences of Howard Gardner, who takes the view that human intelligence would be multifaceted, totaling a spectrum made up of eight intelligences: bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, logical-mathematical, linguistic, Music and naturalist. The main points will be reported in Gardner's theory, including the importance of an education that consider the cognitive legend of the students, the concept of intelligence-based problem-solving skills and the approach of school subjects through five entry points: narrative, critical, for an aesthetic approach, logical-quantitative and experimental. Based on the assumptions of educational theory and survey of issues related to teaching fractions, we will present the educational project developed by the author of this work and its development in a municipal public school of São Paulo, in an action research with participant observation of a group of fifth grade of elementary school who sought to verify that emerge contributions of practices for understanding topics related to rational numbers in its fractional form. The results showed that the approach has enabled advances in student learning in mathematical contents worked in an educational context he had in his purposes provide the stimulation and the development of their intelligence.

<p>Дисертација пружа емпиријски утемељен иновативан и јединствен увид у везу играња дигиталних игара са профилом вишеструких интелигенција ученика виших разреда основе школе. Систематизован преглед литературе реализован у оквиру дисертације указује на чињеницу да се истраживачи слажу у ставу да су&nbsp; дигиталне игре постале методички валидан образовни алат, али да постоји веома мали број емпиријских истраживања посвећених вези између играња дигиталних игара и профила вишеструких интелигенција ученика. &nbsp;</p><p>Истраживање је&nbsp; реализовано на узорку од 1262 ученика узраста од 11 до 15 година из 22 школе у Србији. За потребе истраживања креирани су и евалуирани одговарајући психометријски инструменти. Анализирана је веза профила вишеструких интелигенција ученика виших разреда основне школе са склоностима и навикама играња дигиталних игара. Проучавана је могућност предикције префериране врсте дигиталних игара у зависности од профила вишеструких интелигенција и навика играња дигиталних игара. Утврђено је да је профил вишеструких&nbsp; интелигенција валидан предиктор склоности, навика играња и идентификатор зависности од&nbsp; дигиталних игара.</p><p>Извршена је идентификација зависности од дигиталних игара и анализирана је њена повезаност са профилима вишеструких интелигенција. Анализирани су утицаји појединих социо- демографских фактора на склоности и навике играња дигиталних игара и зависност од дигиталних игара. У складу са циљем и задацима истраживања формиране су хипотезе, које су дискутоване и потврђене. На основу резултата утврђено је постојање везе играња дигиталних игара са профилом вишеструких интелигенција ученика виших разреда основе школе.</p> / <p>Disertacija pruža empirijski utemeljen inovativan i jedinstven uvid u vezu igranja digitalnih igara sa profilom višestrukih inteligencija učenika viših razreda osnove škole. Sistematizovan pregled literature realizovan u okviru disertacije ukazuje na činjenicu da se istraživači slažu u stavu da su&nbsp; digitalne igre postale metodički validan obrazovni alat, ali da postoji veoma mali broj empirijskih istraživanja posvećenih vezi između igranja digitalnih igara i profila višestrukih inteligencija učenika. &nbsp;</p><p>Istraživanje je&nbsp; realizovano na uzorku od 1262 učenika uzrasta od 11 do 15 godina iz 22 škole u Srbiji. Za potrebe istraživanja kreirani su i evaluirani odgovarajući psihometrijski instrumenti. Analizirana je veza profila višestrukih inteligencija učenika viših razreda osnovne škole sa sklonostima i navikama igranja digitalnih igara. Proučavana je mogućnost predikcije preferirane vrste digitalnih igara u zavisnosti od profila višestrukih inteligencija i navika igranja digitalnih igara. Utvrđeno je da je profil višestrukih&nbsp; inteligencija validan prediktor sklonosti, navika igranja i identifikator zavisnosti od&nbsp; digitalnih igara.</p><p>Izvršena je identifikacija zavisnosti od digitalnih igara i analizirana je njena povezanost sa profilima višestrukih inteligencija. Analizirani su uticaji pojedinih socio- demografskih faktora na sklonosti i navike igranja digitalnih igara i zavisnost od digitalnih igara. U skladu sa ciljem i zadacima istraživanja formirane su hipoteze, koje su diskutovane i potvrđene. Na osnovu rezultata utvrđeno je postojanje veze igranja digitalnih igara sa profilom višestrukih inteligencija učenika viših razreda osnove škole.</p> / <p>Dissertation provides an empirically grounded innovative and unique insight into relations between digital gameplay and multiple intelligences profile. A systematic literature review that was realized in this dissertation points to thefact that researchers agree that digital games became methodically valid educational tool, but that there are very few empirical studies on relations between digital gameplay and multiple intelligences profile of the students.<br />The research sample consisted of 1262 11-to-15- year-old students from 22 Serbian schools. The adequate psychometric instruments were developed and evaluated as part of the research. The relations between multiple intelligence profile of higher grade&nbsp; elementary school students and their gameplay preferences and habits were analyzed. The possibility of predicting preferred digital games genre based on multiple&nbsp; intelligences profile and digital gameplay was examined. It was found that the multiple intelligences profile is a valid predictor of digital gameplay preferences, habits and addiction. The digital games addiction was identified, and its relation with the structure of multiple intelligence profile was examined. The influence of socio-demographic factors on digital gameplay preferences, habits and addiction was analyzed. In accordance with the dissertation objectives and tasks the research hypotheses were formulated, and further discussed and confirmed. The results imply the existence of the relation between digital gameplay and multiple intelligences profile of higher grade elementary school students.</p>

Stigmatizing mental illness involves negative perceptions or attitudes about mental illness and the individuals who have mental illness, generating problematic consequences for both the general population and for people with mental illness. The theory of multiple intelligences proposes that intelligence includes skills and abilities in any area; emotional intelligence (EI), therefore, includes an individual's ability to identify, interpret, and regulate emotions and emotional responses. This study was designed to evaluate level of familiarity with mental illness as a potential predictor for stigmatizing mental illness, to assist in evaluating the relationship between stigmatizing mental illness and EI. The study was specifically designed to determine whether having higher EI is associated with a decreased likelihood to stigmatize mental illness, and whether increased familiarity is associated with greater EI and a decreased likelihood to stigmatize mental illness. It used bivariate correlations and hierarchical regression analyses, respectively, using data collected from a demographic questionnaire, the TEIQue-SF, the AQ-27, and the LOF. The target population consisted of emergency department (ED) staff (N = 43). Findings suggested that EI and mental illness stigma are correlated (r = -.514, p < .001) and that there is a significant interaction between EI and level of familiarity with mental illness (R2 = .269, F(3, 38) = 4.653, p = .007). ED staff are on the frontline of healthcare and serve as a gateway to systems of care and treatment; as a result, this study's findings are important and are intended to inform healthcare and stigma-combating organizations of factors that can improve the sensitivity and quality of care for individuals with mental illness who admit to healthcare systems.

Elementary teachers in a school district in a western state expressed concerns about the reading achievement of students with disabilities (SWDs). SWDs were not developing decoding, comprehension, and fluency skills to become proficient readers. Without mastering these skills, SWDs will experience diminished academic attainment in their school career. To address this problem, teachers in elementary learning centers (LCs) within the district implemented Reader's Theater (RT), an evidenced-based reading approach that incorporates repeated readings using drama-based activities. The purpose of this qualitative bounded case study was to explore elementary LC teachers' use and implementation of RT to improve reading performance with SWDs. Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences served as the conceptual framework for this study. A purposeful sample of 2 LC teachers who implemented RT with SWDs volunteered to participate in semistructured interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed thematically using open coding. The 2 LC teachers noted that RT was useful to increase SWDs' willingness to read, reading fluency, and student investment by integrating repeated reading opportunities in drama-based activities. Based on the research findings, a 3-day RT professional development workshop was developed to assist elementary LC teachers in the district to teach early reading skills to SWDs. This endeavor may contribute to positive social change by providing LC teachers with knowledge about RT that is useful in improving SWDs' fluency, decoding, and comprehension skills and, ultimately, enhancing their reading achievement.

<p> </p><p>During our education time, we have heard on several occasions how the high changing rate in the society also influences the education area. That changing process mainly originates from the transform that a school underwent, i.e. the decentralization meaning a delegation of responsibility from a national to local government and the particular school. The main idea that started a changing process goes under the slogan “a school for everyone”. The new school was created by the newest teaching plan where the individualization of each individual student is a main point on the agenda. A countless number of analyses of Lpo 94 during our education have given us a reason to reflect over how this individualization should take place. The ambition to find an answer on that question led us to start from a couple of questions at issues that foremost handles children’s different ways to learn as well as the design of the teaching supervision in contrast to today’s teaching plan and the newer research within the chosen subject area. The aim of this work is thus to analyze and understand the contents of four different teaching supervisions within biology as a subject area and to try to appoint whether requirements on varied education from Lpo 94 is obeyed. Our answer on how to achieve requirements on individualization from Lpo 94, during this work, is to apply a varied education with a number of senses and intelligences as a frame of reference. Our conclusion and thus the result of our analysis is that the teaching supervisions deficiently reach the requirements that involve varied education in Lpo 94. The degree deficiency varies between different teaching supervisions.</p><p> </p>

<p>Sammanfattning</p><p>Syfte och frågeställningar</p><p>Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka relationen mellan multipla intelligenser och skolans friluftslivsundervisning. Frågeställningarna har varit:</p><p>Vilka intelligenser utvecklas inom skolans friluftslivsundervisning, enligt lärare och elever?</p><p>Genom vilka moment i friluftslivsundervisningen utvecklas intelligenserna?</p><p>Metod</p><p>Datainsamlingen har skett genom ostrukturerade, djupgående intervjuer. Två lärare och två tredjeårselever på gymnasiet har enskilt intervjuats om hur friluftsliv har bedrivits i skolundervisningen. Intervjuerna har analyserats med ett schema, byggt på Howard Gardners teori om de multipla intelligenserna men utformats att tillämpas på friluftsliv.</p><p>Resultat</p><p>Resultaten visar att paddling stimulerar interpersonell, kroppslig, visuell-spatial och logisk-matematisk intelligens. Under orientering tränas följande intelligenser: logisk-matematisk, kroppslig och visuell-spatial. Till skillnad från den intrapersonella och visuell-spatiala intelligensen råder det bland respondenterna delade meningar om naturintelligensen stimuleras under vandring eller ej. I lägerliv stimuleras interpersonell och logisk-matematisk intelligens men också visuell-spatial, kroppslig och verbal-lingvistisk. I granskningen av klättring visar resultaten att alla intelligenser, utom naturintelligensen och den musikalisk-rytmiska intelligensen, aktiveras. Under långfärdsskridskoåkning tränas alla intelligenser utom naturintelligensen och den visuell-spatiala. Det råder dock bland respondenterna delade meningar om den musikalisk-rytmiska intelligensen aktiveras. Under utförsåkning stimuleras verbal-lingvistisk, kroppslig, intrapersonell samt interpersonell intelligens.</p><p>Slutsats</p><p>Enligt elever och lärare aktiveras samtliga intelligenser, utifrån vår tolkning av Gardners teori, i friluftslivsundervisningen. Det fanns dock motsägelser i respondenternas berättelser huruvida naturintelligensen aktiveras eller inte.</p> / <p>Abstract</p><p>Aim</p><p>The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between the multiple intelligences and outdoor life education in school. The questions at issue were:</p><p>What intelligences are developed within the outdoor life education in school, according to teachers and students?</p><p>In what activities in outdoor life education are the intelligences developed?</p><p>Method</p><p>The data for the report have been assembled by unstructured interviews. Two teachers and two students were interviewed one by one on the subject of how they practically operated in outdoor life education in school. The interviews have been analyzed with an analyze schedule, based on Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of the multiple intelligences and formed to apply at outdoor life.</p><p>Results</p><p>In accordance with the respondents statements, canoeing stimulates the interpersonal, bodily, spatial and logical-mathematical intelligence. Following intelligences are improved during orienteering: logical-mathematical, bodily and spatial. There were, in opposite to the intrapersonal and spatial intelligence, different opinions whether the naturalist intelligence was stimulated during hiking or not. During camping the interpersonal and mathematical intelligence, as well as spatial, bodily and linguistic intelligence, are stimulated. The review of the results about climbing shows that all intelligences except the musical and the naturalist intelligence are activated. During tour skating on ice all intelligences, except the spatial and the naturalist intelligence are trained. Nevertheless, there are different opinions among the respondents whether the musical intelligence is activated. Downhill skiing stimulates linguistic, bodily, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence.</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>According to the respondents, all of the intelligences, proposed by Howard Gardner, are activated in outdoor life education in school. However, there were contradictions in the respondents’ statements, whether the naturalist intelligence was activated or not.</p>

Sammanfattning Syfte och frågeställningar Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka relationen mellan multipla intelligenser och skolans friluftslivsundervisning. Frågeställningarna har varit: Vilka intelligenser utvecklas inom skolans friluftslivsundervisning, enligt lärare och elever? Genom vilka moment i friluftslivsundervisningen utvecklas intelligenserna? Metod Datainsamlingen har skett genom ostrukturerade, djupgående intervjuer. Två lärare och två tredjeårselever på gymnasiet har enskilt intervjuats om hur friluftsliv har bedrivits i skolundervisningen. Intervjuerna har analyserats med ett schema, byggt på Howard Gardners teori om de multipla intelligenserna men utformats att tillämpas på friluftsliv. Resultat Resultaten visar att paddling stimulerar interpersonell, kroppslig, visuell-spatial och logisk-matematisk intelligens. Under orientering tränas följande intelligenser: logisk-matematisk, kroppslig och visuell-spatial. Till skillnad från den intrapersonella och visuell-spatiala intelligensen råder det bland respondenterna delade meningar om naturintelligensen stimuleras under vandring eller ej. I lägerliv stimuleras interpersonell och logisk-matematisk intelligens men också visuell-spatial, kroppslig och verbal-lingvistisk. I granskningen av klättring visar resultaten att alla intelligenser, utom naturintelligensen och den musikalisk-rytmiska intelligensen, aktiveras. Under långfärdsskridskoåkning tränas alla intelligenser utom naturintelligensen och den visuell-spatiala. Det råder dock bland respondenterna delade meningar om den musikalisk-rytmiska intelligensen aktiveras. Under utförsåkning stimuleras verbal-lingvistisk, kroppslig, intrapersonell samt interpersonell intelligens. Slutsats Enligt elever och lärare aktiveras samtliga intelligenser, utifrån vår tolkning av Gardners teori, i friluftslivsundervisningen. Det fanns dock motsägelser i respondenternas berättelser huruvida naturintelligensen aktiveras eller inte. / Abstract Aim The aim of the study was to investigate the relation between the multiple intelligences and outdoor life education in school. The questions at issue were: What intelligences are developed within the outdoor life education in school, according to teachers and students? In what activities in outdoor life education are the intelligences developed? Method The data for the report have been assembled by unstructured interviews. Two teachers and two students were interviewed one by one on the subject of how they practically operated in outdoor life education in school. The interviews have been analyzed with an analyze schedule, based on Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of the multiple intelligences and formed to apply at outdoor life. Results In accordance with the respondents statements, canoeing stimulates the interpersonal, bodily, spatial and logical-mathematical intelligence. Following intelligences are improved during orienteering: logical-mathematical, bodily and spatial. There were, in opposite to the intrapersonal and spatial intelligence, different opinions whether the naturalist intelligence was stimulated during hiking or not. During camping the interpersonal and mathematical intelligence, as well as spatial, bodily and linguistic intelligence, are stimulated. The review of the results about climbing shows that all intelligences except the musical and the naturalist intelligence are activated. During tour skating on ice all intelligences, except the spatial and the naturalist intelligence are trained. Nevertheless, there are different opinions among the respondents whether the musical intelligence is activated. Downhill skiing stimulates linguistic, bodily, intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence. Conclusion According to the respondents, all of the intelligences, proposed by Howard Gardner, are activated in outdoor life education in school. However, there were contradictions in the respondents’ statements, whether the naturalist intelligence was activated or not.

The main purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of multiple intelligences based instruction (MIBI) over traditionally designed instruction on ninth grade students&rsquo / achievement in the unit of basic compounds of living organisms concepts and attitude toward biology as a school subject. In addition, the effect of gender difference on achievement in the unit and attitudes toward biology were investigated. Students&rsquo / science process skills were also investigated. 59 ninth grade students from two different classes taught by the same teacher at a public Anatolian high school in Kirsehir were enrolled in the study during first semester of 2011-2012 academic years. The classes were randomly assigned as control group and experimental group. While control group students were instructed by traditionally designed biology instruction, the experimental group students were instructed with MIBI over a period of ten weeks. Basic compounds of living organisms achievement test and attitude scale toward biology were given to both groups as a pre-test and post-test. Science Process skills test was given at the beginning of the study to determine students&rsquo / science process skills. Interviews were hold with some students in the experimental group and the teacher to get their opinions about the implementation of MI based instruction. Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) was used to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that MIBI compared to traditional instruction was more effective to improve students&rsquo / achievement in the unit of basic compounds of living organisms. However there was no significant effect of MIBI on students&rsquo / attitude toward biology. Moreover there was no significant effect of gender difference on both students&rsquo / achievement in the unit and attitudes toward biology. The results of interview showed that both students and the teacher had positive opinions toward MIBI.

The main purpose of this study is to compare the effects of the Multiple Intelligences based instruction versus traditional instruction on ninth grade students&#039 / physics achievement. MI inventory, Attitude Scale Toward the Content &ldquo / Coulomb&rsquo / s Law&rdquo / , Multiple Choice Physics Achievement test on the content &ldquo / Coulomb&rsquo / s Law&rdquo / , and MI based Physics Achievement rubric were used as measuring tools. The study was conducted with 268 ninth grade public high school students in Sincan district in the spring semester 2002-2003. There were two teachers and their eight classes in this study. MI inventory, Attitude Toward the Content &ldquo / Coulomb&rsquo / s Law&rdquo / , and Multiple Choice Physics Achievement test were administered as pretest to both experimental and control groups. Then, students in experimental groups were iv exposed to the MI based lessons. Students in experimental classes were grouped with respect to the students&rsquo / strongest intelligences in Verbal/Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Visual/Spatial, Interpersonal intelligence dimensions. In control groups, traditional teaching method was used. After three weeks treatment, all the students were posttested with the same tests. In experimental groups, students&rsquo / MI based physics achievement was measured on the last treatment week. The data were analyzed using SPSS by multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVA). According to the results of this study, multiple intelligences based instruction made significant effect on students&rsquo / physics achievement on the content &ldquo / Coulomb&rsquo / s Law&rdquo / with respect to the traditional method. However, multiple intelligences based instruction showed no significant effect on students&rsquo / physics attitude toward the content &ldquo / Coulomb&rsquo / s Law&rdquo / with respect to the traditional method.