Open AccessMULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES OF UNDERACHIEVERS AND OVERACHIEVERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH
Author(s) -
K. S. Heera,
N. K Arjunan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/4004990
Subject(s) - theory of multiple intelligences , intrapersonal communication , psychology , mathematics education , kinesthetic learning , spatial intelligence , sample (material) , test (biology) , interpersonal communication , social psychology , developmental psychology , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology
Underachievement as a phenomenon among school students exists in all subjects,but it is more pronounced in English,especially among students whose medium of learning is vernacular.The multiple intelligences-based instruction hasbeen suggested as a remedy for overcoming the achievement discrepancy in English among EFL learners.This requiresunderstanding the multiple intelligences of underachievers in English in comparison with their overachievingcounterparts. The study aims to compare underachievers and overachievers in English with respect to their multipleintelligences.The participants of the study consisted of 85 underachievers and 77 overachievers in English, separatedstatistically by employing regression method from a larger sample of 447 ninth grade students of Kerala. Data werecollected by administering Multiple Intelligences Scale for Secondary School Students,developed by the investigator.Inferential analysis by employing independent sample t-test revealed that underachievers and overachievers in Englishdiffered significantly in their Verbal-linguistic intelligence, Visual-spatial intelligence, Intrapersonal intelligence,Interpersonal intelligence and Naturalistic intelligence. The overachievers excel the underachievers in all the fivecomponents of multiple intelligences.The underachievers and overachievers in English were found almost alike in theirLogical-mathematical intelligence, Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, Musical intelligence, Existential intelligence andMoral-ethical intelligence.