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A study of the relationship between multiple intelligence and self-concept on the elementary students of aborigines in Pingtung County

Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between the multiple intelligence, its distribution among students, the performance of multiple intelligence, and self-concept of Pingtung County¡¦s aborigine students. 689 subjects from fifth- and six-grade students of aborigines and non-aborigines elementary schools were surveyed through ¡§multiple intelligence critical scale¡¨, and ¡§self-concept scale¡¨. The data was ordered and analyzed through descriptive statistics, one-way MANOVA and canonical correlation one.
The findings of the study are¡G
1. On multiple intelligence, both aborigines and non-aborigines of Pingtung County gained similar higher scores, with equal performances on the eight intelligences. Spatial intelligence was generally superior, while naturalist intelligence inferior.
2. On the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal, there were significant differences between aborigines and non-aborigines. Meanwhile, they both had significant differences level in Multiple Intelligence Appraisal score including logical - mathematic intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and intra-personal intelligence with logical-mathematic intelligence of non-aborigines students superior to that of aborigine¡¦s, and the other intelligences of aborigines superior to those of the non-aborigine¡¦s.
3. Among aborigines, both PAIWAN and LUKAI races did not show any significant differences in the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal.
4. With reference to the difference sexes, the aborigines students have showed significant differences in the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal score. Female students were significantly superior to male students on certain kinds of intelligence such as linguistic intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intra-personal, and naturalist intelligence in the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal score.
5. Aborigines students who live in different areas also showed significant differences on the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal score. City aborigines were superior to those of mountain and country on logical - mathematic intelligence, linguistic intelligence spatial intelligence musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and intra-personal intelligence in the Multiple Intelligence Appraisal score.
6. As to the relation of the Multiple Intelligence and self-concept of aborigines, the higher the interpersonal intelligence and intra-personal intelligence, the stronger of self-esteem and personal competence. And the higher of naturalist intelligence, the better personal competence.
Key Words¡Gaborigines, PAIWAN, LUKAI, multiple intelligence, self-concept, self-esteem

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0726101-112615
Date26 July 2001
CreatorsJiang, Wen-Jye
ContributorsChin Guey, Chih-Lieh Chen, Y Cheng
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0726101-112615
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