Multiple Intelligences of Teacher Education Students: Their Relationship to Academic Performance

Abstract

This paper presented the multiple intelligences possessed by Teacher Education students of Capiz State University, Dumarao Satellite College, Dumarao, Capiz, School Year 2016-2017. Stratified sampling was used in getting the number of respondents and questionnaire in gathering the data. Descriptive and statistical analyses were used to analyze the data. The respondents were 157 BSEd and BEEd students. Majority of them were females and belonged to age ranging from 16-21 years old. As to the dominant intelligence of the respondents, the level of musical a intelligence was “Highâ€. When taken as a group, the respondents’ dominant intelligence was the musical intelligence whole spatial-visual intelligence was the least dominant. However, when taken as a group both BSEd and BEEd respondents dominantly possessed musical intelligence; however, BSEd respondents possess the least intelligence in spatial-visual while the BEEd are least in logical-mathematical intelligence. There was a significant association between the age and level of naturalistic intelligence, age and the level of musical intelligence and course and gender andlevel of logical-mathematical intelligences of the respondents. The rest of the personal-related factors have no significant association. There was no significant association between the multiple intelligence and academic performance of the respondents.