Thesis (D. Min.)--Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-104).

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This study aimed to explore a program development process and explain how each component of the process contributes to overall procedure for determining 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students&rsquo / multiple intelligences profiles. The action research was conducted through implementing the incremental components of development process namely / (1) needs assessment, (2) program design, (3) program implementation and verification, (4) summative evaluation. Purposeful sampling methods were used to select the participants of the study. On the basis of the purposeful sampling methods, the participants comprised of two elementary schools with their 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade students, teachers, parents / three branch teachers / instruments developers / experts from the fields of multiple intelligences, psychology, sociology, social pediatrics, neurology, psychiatry, and child neurology. The data collection methods were interview, observation, written document analysis, questionnaire. Descriptive and content qualitative analyses were used to analyze the data. For the validity and reliability purposes of the materials developed throughout the study, quantitative data and quantitative data analysis were conducted. The results of the needs assessment indicated that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade teachers had various purposes to determine their students&rsquo / multiple intelligences profile. They used various methods having both weaknesses and strengths. The most appropriate method was using multiple methods / sources. The program with its materials was developed in the program design phase. The materials were &ldquo / story inventory,&rdquo / &ldquo / film inventory,&rdquo / &ldquo / parent questionnaire,&rdquo / and &ldquo / performance assessment.&rdquo / The program including its materials had both weaknesses and strengths. Therefore, effective modifications were conducted on the program in the program implementation and verification phase. Finally, the results of the summative evaluation indicated that the study and the program reached their purposes largely.

Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences identifies linguistic, spatial and logical-mathematical intelligences as necessary for learning in the physical sciences. He has identified nine intelligences which all persons possess to varying degrees, and says that learning is most effective when learners receive information in formats that correspond to their intelligence strengths. This research investigated the importance of the multiple intelligences of students in first-year college chemistry to the learning of chemistry concepts. At three pre-selected intervals during the first-semester course each participant received a tutorial on a chemistry topic, each time in a format corresponding to a different one of the three intelligences, just before the concept was introduced by the class lecturer. At the end of the experiment all subjects had experienced each of the three topics once and each format once, after which they were administered a validated instrument to measure their relative strengths in these three intelligences. The difference between a pre- and post-tutorial quiz administered on each occasion was used as a measure of learning. Most subjects were found to have similar strengths in the three intelligences and to benefit from the tutorials regardless of format. Where a difference in the extent of benefit occurred the difference was related to the chemistry concept. Data which indicate that students' preferences support these findings are also included and recommendations for extending this research to other intelligences are made. / text

A área da Tecnologia da Informação no Brasil sofre um problema latente com a falta de planejamento e atrasos constantes em projetos, determinando para os profissionais vinculados a ela um ambiente altamente desmotivador para a condução de seus trabalhos. Supõe-se que o que possa corroborar para tal problema seja a formação educacional deficitária dos indivíduos que atuam neste segmento, principalmente aqueles relacionados a cargos executivos e que estejam exercendo atividades de gestão. De acordo com teóricos como Edgard Morin (2004), em se tratando de educação fundamental, média ou superior os aspectos educacionais podem ser considerados deficitários justamente porque, ao segmentar o conhecimento, eles promovem uma alienação do indivíduo, eliminando sua capacidade criativa e reflexiva. Seria interessante, portanto, que ao avaliar a capacidade cognitiva de uma pessoa, a inteligência a ser mensurada não seja abordada através de um único espectro de conhecimento, mas através de muitos deles. A teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas, desenvolvida por Howard Gardner vem de encontro a essa necessidade, pois de acordo com o autor, a inteligência de um indivíduo deve ser mensurada através de uma gama de nove espectros: Linguística, Musical, Lógico-Matemática, Espacial, Corporal Cinestésica, Interpessoal, Intrapessoal, Naturalista e Existencial. Isto posto, este trabalho aborda uma metodologia computacional para classificação e descoberta de padrões em indivíduos, sejam esses alunos ou profissionais graduados, de uma determinada área. Além da metodologia, foi proposto um estudo de caso, considerando cursos superiores relacionados à área de Computação no Brasil. / Brazils Information Technology area suffers a latent problem with the lack of planning and constant projects delays, determining for its professionals a highly demotivating work environment. It is assumed that a thing that could corroborate to this problem would be the deficient educational background of individuals who work in this segment, especially those related to management positions activities. According to theorists such as Edgard Morin, concerning both basic education, high school or college level, educational aspects can be considered deficient precisely why, when targeting a divided knowledge apprenticeship, they promote alienation of the individual, eliminating their creative and reflective capacity. It would be interesting, therefore, that a person cognitive ability evaluation considers many kinds of knowledge in instead of few ones. The theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner meets this need. According to the author, an individual intelligence should be measured over a range of nine spectra: Linguistic, Musical, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist and Existential. In this way, this thesis discusses a computational methodology for classification and discovery of patterns in individuals, considering both undergraduate students or graduated professionals in a specific area. In addition to the methodology, a case study was proposed, considering computer-related higher education courses in Brazil.

Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal levantar elementos para descobrir as possíveis relações entre as características empreendedoras e as múltiplas inteligências de contadores de Minas Gerais. Dessa forma, foram pesquisadas duas teorias: a teoria das necessidades, de David McClelland, e a teoria das múltiplas inteligências, de Howard Gardner. McClelland desenvolveu suas pesquisas estudando os aspectos comportamentais dos empreendedores e suas principais características, definidas em número de 10: busca de oportunidades e iniciativa, capacidade de correr riscos calculados, exigência de qualidade e eficiência, persistência, comprometimento, busca de informações, estabelecimento de metas, planejamento e monitoramento sistemáticos, persuasão e redes de contato e, por fim, independência e autoconfiança. A outra teoria que norteou este estudo foi a teoria das múltiplas inteligências desenvolvida por Howard Gardner. Na concepção de Gardner, a inteligência não está baseada em quantificação de QI, sendo essa apenas uma vertente entre várias expressões diferentes que a cognição humana assume. O autor elegeu oito faculdades predominantes: inteligência linguística, lógico-matemática, musical, corporal-cinestésica, espacial, interpessoal, intrapessoal e a naturalista. Sob o aspecto metodológico, esta pesquisa está situada dentro do método hipotético-dedutivo, utilizando uma abordagem positivista e definida como um estudo exploratório quanto aos seus objetivos. Como estratégias de pesquisa, foram utilizados a pesquisa bibliográfica e o levantamento, tendo sido utilizado um questionário como instrumento de coleta de dados. A definição da população de estudo e a distribuição dos questionários por meio eletrônico receberam o apoio do Conselho Regional de Contabilidade de Minas Gerais, culminando com a obtenção de 189 questionários válidos. De posse dos dados, primeiramente foram realizadas as descrições iniciais dos perfis dos contadores, que demonstraram 84% dos melhores resultados concentrados nas características empreendedoras: estabelecimento de metas, busca de informações, comprometimento e busca de oportunidades, e 64% dos melhores resultados em três inteligências: a lógica, a interpessoal e a intrapessoal, sendo que a inteligência linguística não apresentou bons índices de desenvolvimento nos contadores. Para a realização da correlação entre as características e as inteligências, foi utilizada a técnica de análise de correlações canônicas, para o que primeiramente foram calculadas as estatísticas descritivas dos dados dos grupos de variáveis independentes e dependentes, seguida dos testes de médias para verificar se existiam diferenças significativas entre as médias dos grupos e testadas as suposições inerentes à análise de correlação canônica, consideradas satisfatórias. Após a interpretação das funções canônicas através dos pesos canônicos, das cargas canônicas e das cargas cruzadas canônicas, um interessante relacionamento entre as inteligências e as características empreendedoras foi descoberto, o qual demonstrou que cerca de 20% das características manifestadas pelos indivíduos da população de estudo são explicadas pelo perfil de inteligências desses mesmos indivíduos, notadamente influenciados pelas inteligências interpessoal, intrapessoal e espacial. O padrão mais forte de relacionamento, corroborado pelas três formas de interpretação, ocorreu entre as inteligências espacial, interpessoal e intrapessoal e entre as características empreendedoras independência e autoconfiança, estabelecimento de metas e persistência. Esta pesquisa se limita aos resultados encontrados, não pretendendo fazer inferências no campo da psicologia aplicada. Ressalta-se que sua extrapolação aos demais contadores brasileiros também é limitada. Sugerem-se, para pesquisas futuras, que os resultados sejam estudados para ser transformados em propostas concretas de educação para os alunos de ciências contábeis. Que a pesquisa seja estendida aos demais contadores do Brasil. Que as correlações encontradas possam ser analisadas por estudiosos da psicopedagogia, de forma a se obter o mais claro entendimento de sua formação. / This research aimed to raise elements to discover the link between entrepreneurial characteristics and the multiple intelligences of Minas Gerais accountants. Thus, two theories were investigated: the theory of needs, David McClelland, and the theory of multiple intelligences, Howard Gardner. McClelland studied the behavioral aspects of the entrepreneurs and their main characteristics, defined in number of 10: the search for opportunity and initiative, ability to take calculated risks, demand for quality and efficiency, persistence, commitment, finding information, setting goals, systematic planning and monitoring, persuasion and contact networks and ultimately independence and selfconfidence. The second theory was the theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner. To Gardner, intelligence is not only based on measurement of IQ, and this is just one strand among many different expressions that human cognition assumes. Gardner chose eight predominate intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist. About the methodology applied in this study, it is situated within the hypothetical-deductive method, using a positivist approach and defined as an exploratory study about their goals. As research strategies, literature studies, survey, and a questionnaire to collect data were used. The population study definition and the electronically distribution of questionnaires received support from the Regional Accounting Council of Minas Gerais, culminating with the acquisition of 189 valid questionnaires. With the data, were first carried out the initial descriptions of the profiles of the accountants, which showed that 84% of the best entrepreneurial characteristics were setting goals, finding information, commitment, and seeking opportunities, and 64% of the best intelligences results were: the logical, the interpersonal and the intrapersonal. Unfortunately, the linguistic intelligence did not produce good results. To perform the correlation between the characteristics and intelligences, the canonical correlation analysis were used. But first, was calculated the descriptive statistics of data followed by the average tests to see if differences existed between the mean of groups and tested the inherent assumptions for canonical correlation analysis, which were considered satisfactory. After canonical functions interpretation, through the canonical weights, canonical loadings and canonical crossloadings, an interesting relationship between intelligence and the entrepreneurial characteristics was discovered, which showed about 20% of entrepreneurial characteristics expressed by individuals of the study population are explained by the intelligence profile, especially influenced by interpersonal, intrapersonal and spatial intelligences. The strongest pattern of relationships, supported by the three forms of interpretation occurred between spatial, interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences and independence and self-confidence, goal setting and persistence entrepreneurial characteristics. This study has limited results and has not intending to make inferences in the field of applied psychology. Additionally the extrapolation of these results to other Brazilians accounts is limited. Suggestions for future research that involves these results: results must be studied to be transformed into concrete proposals for accounting students education, the research could be extended to other accountants in Brazil and that correlations between characteristics and intelligences can be examined by scholars of educational psychology, in order to obtain the clearest understanding of their formation.

A área da Tecnologia da Informação no Brasil sofre um problema latente com a falta de planejamento e atrasos constantes em projetos, determinando para os profissionais vinculados a ela um ambiente altamente desmotivador para a condução de seus trabalhos. Supõe-se que o que possa corroborar para tal problema seja a formação educacional deficitária dos indivíduos que atuam neste segmento, principalmente aqueles relacionados a cargos executivos e que estejam exercendo atividades de gestão. De acordo com teóricos como Edgard Morin (2004), em se tratando de educação fundamental, média ou superior os aspectos educacionais podem ser considerados deficitários justamente porque, ao segmentar o conhecimento, eles promovem uma alienação do indivíduo, eliminando sua capacidade criativa e reflexiva. Seria interessante, portanto, que ao avaliar a capacidade cognitiva de uma pessoa, a inteligência a ser mensurada não seja abordada através de um único espectro de conhecimento, mas através de muitos deles. A teoria das Inteligências Múltiplas, desenvolvida por Howard Gardner vem de encontro a essa necessidade, pois de acordo com o autor, a inteligência de um indivíduo deve ser mensurada através de uma gama de nove espectros: Linguística, Musical, Lógico-Matemática, Espacial, Corporal Cinestésica, Interpessoal, Intrapessoal, Naturalista e Existencial. Isto posto, este trabalho aborda uma metodologia computacional para classificação e descoberta de padrões em indivíduos, sejam esses alunos ou profissionais graduados, de uma determinada área. Além da metodologia, foi proposto um estudo de caso, considerando cursos superiores relacionados à área de Computação no Brasil. / Brazils Information Technology area suffers a latent problem with the lack of planning and constant projects delays, determining for its professionals a highly demotivating work environment. It is assumed that a thing that could corroborate to this problem would be the deficient educational background of individuals who work in this segment, especially those related to management positions activities. According to theorists such as Edgard Morin, concerning both basic education, high school or college level, educational aspects can be considered deficient precisely why, when targeting a divided knowledge apprenticeship, they promote alienation of the individual, eliminating their creative and reflective capacity. It would be interesting, therefore, that a person cognitive ability evaluation considers many kinds of knowledge in instead of few ones. The theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner meets this need. According to the author, an individual intelligence should be measured over a range of nine spectra: Linguistic, Musical, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist and Existential. In this way, this thesis discusses a computational methodology for classification and discovery of patterns in individuals, considering both undergraduate students or graduated professionals in a specific area. In addition to the methodology, a case study was proposed, considering computer-related higher education courses in Brazil.

<div> <p>For several decades, educators have used Howard Gardner’s (1983) Multiple Intelligences Theory in a variety of ways to make teaching and learning more effective. However, within flight instruction, little or no attention has been focused on the concept of Multiple Intelligences and their impacts on student learning and retention. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine if Certified Flight Instructors (CFI) who have been provided with information about Multiple Intelligences perceived a positive relationship between their new knowledge about Multiple Intelligences and their instructional effectiveness. The study used participant journals, focus groups, and individual interviews to determine if CFIs perceived Multiple Intelligences Theory to be valuable when applied to flight instruction. The results indicated that the participants believed Multiple Intelligences Theory added value to their flight instruction. Implications for practice and directions for future research are provided.</p> </div> <br>

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