A study of the relationship between Academic Achievement and Multiple Intelligences of Secondary School Students

Abstract

The present study aimed at studying the relationship between Academic Achievement and Multiple Intelligences of secondary school students of Lucknow city. The Descriptive Survey research method has been used in this study. A sample of 462 secondary school students (IX class) includes 225 male students and 237 female students from government, aided and private schools affiliated with U.P. Board using a simple random sampling technique. Academic achievement was assessed using the final year percentage marks of the students in the previous year. Researchers developed their own 'Multiple Intelligence Scale' to assess the multiple intelligences of secondary school students. This scale consists of 116 statements related to all nine intelligences. The study revealed that the percentage of girls with high academic achievement was higher than that of boys.   The percentage of students from private schools had higher academic achievement than government and aided school students.   A significant and positive correlation was found between academic achievement and all eight intelligences except musical intelligence. Musical Intelligence and Academic Achievement