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1. POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
OPEN UNIVERSITY
MANILA CAMPUS
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
RSH 630
RESEARCH SEMINAR 1
Presented to:
Dr. Emanuel C. De Guzman
Prepared by:
Maria Teresa D. Bote

2. I. RESEARCH TOPIC
The Correlation of Multiple Intelligence and Academic Performance of Grade 7
Students of Captain Albert Aguilar National High School
II. INTRODUCTION
In today’s world, rapid and wide developments in science, technology,
communication and the emergence of new views about social, political, economic, and
cultural issues bring about fundamental changes in educational systems and teaching
methods (Otaghsara, 2014). One of which is the avenues in addressing the needs of each
learner in regards to achieving the “one size does not fit all” philosophy.
The proponent of the said philosophy Howard Gardner mentioned that there are
biological and cultural bases for multiple intelligences. Accepting Gardner's Theory of
Multiple Intelligences has several implications for teachers in terms of classroom
instruction. This means that children do not learn in the same way, and so they cannot be
assessed in the same way. Therefore, it is important that an educator creates an
“intelligence profiles” for each student. Knowing how each student learns will allow the
teacher to properly assess the child's progress (Lazear, 1992).
Gardner stretches the word intelligence beyond its customary application in
psychology (Gardner & Hatch,1989), and defines it as a bio-psychological ability of
processing information, that can be activated to handle a problem properly, and creating
such a products that are valued in a cultural setting. He developed theory of multiple
intelligences and asserted that each individual has not only one general intelligence, but
multiple intelligences. This theory promotes the idea that every individual is capable of

3. learning through the range of different intelligences. He also argued that the learning
styles of each student reflect their academic performance in school. This means that their
dominant intelligence equates to their ratings in their academic reports. Also, each has a
unique profile of intelligences of varying strengths. Although no intelligence was
considered to be superior to other types, according to Gardner (2003) all intelligence are
required for an individual, in order to participate, act purposefully and creatively in the
society. Students who are more developed in other intelligence dimensions are often
ignored. Identifying and knowing students’ intelligence profile is important and has
implications for instruction (Shalk, 2002).
However, the problem lies in the fact that educators have implemented traditional
teaching methods in the classroom that have tended to classify learners as a
homogeneous group where teachers use the executive approach to transmit knowledge
to all the students with a similar set of teaching methods (Sulaiman et al., 2011).
With the traditional teaching approach, teachers struggle to find ways to cater to
the diversity of individual learning styles and needs. Learning styles are connected to
individual characteristics and preferences, which reflect how a person perceives and
interacts with the environment (Sulaiman et al., 2011).
The researcher, with the goal of identifying the primary goal of creating classroom
instructional design realizes the need of considering the nature of the learners such as
how they learn and where do these knowledge go at the end of the day. Furthermore, this
study also recognizes the relationship of the academic standing of the students as
manifested in their dominant intelligence. In such manner, curriculum designers will not

4. turn a blind eye to the growing difference among the nature of the learners of the 21st
century.
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
This study aims to:
 Identify the dominant multiple intelligence of selected Grade 7 students of
Captain Albert Aguilar National High School;
 Recognize the relationship between the multiple intelligence and academic
performance of the students
III. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Students
The study aims to assist students in excelling in their areas of strength and to
study the learning difference.
Teachers
The researcher helps the teachers to provide teachers with more choices in
teaching and assessment methods, but also allow students to demonstrate what they
have learned in many different ways.
School
This research provides a guide for the educators in implementing curriculum
design for students’ achievement considering that multiple intelligences are especially

5. designed to cater to the needs of all learners. This serves as their powerful lens to analyze
multiple intelligences in the context of secondary student performance.