The Effect of Multiple Intelligence(MI) Programs on Improving Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Intelligence in Young Children

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Personal intelligence in young children has been an important issue in early childhood education for decades, yet there is a dearth of empirical programs to foster personal intelligence in young children. This study describes an educational program to improve personal intelligence, in which 20 young children in Korea were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group in the quasi-experimental design. The children's personal intelligence was assessed using the Multiple Intelligence (MI) Test for the pretest and posttest. The experimental group, which was engaged in a 10-session educational program, demonstrated significant improvement in multiple intelligence scores compared to the control group. The instructional activities of the multiple intelligence program improved both intrapersonal intelligence and interpersonal intelligence because the program was appropriately based on each young child's intelligence level. Findings suggest that the multiple intelligence program with a focus on instructional activities is an effective educational program to improve interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence for these young children.

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