The Effect of an Integrative Skills Program on Developing Jordanian University Students' Select Multiple Intelligences

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an integrative skills program on developing Jordanian university students' select- multiple intelligences. It also aimed at investigating the effect of gender and the interaction between gender and the instructional program on intelligences. The participants were 122 university students. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. The experimental group was instructed using the integrative program. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the students' full degrees on the intelligence test. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to the teaching method in favor of the experimental group. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of students' intelligences due to gender in favor of the females in the li nguistic and interpersonal intelligences and the males in the logical and intrapersonal intelligences. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of intelligences due to the interaction between the teaching method and gender in favor of the females in the linguistic intelligence and the males in the logical intelligence.