Multiple intelligence levels of kindergarten children (4-6) years from teacher’s point view

Abstract

This research aimed to find out the multiple intelligence levels of kindergarten children (4-6) years and its relationship with age and gender variables. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach. The research sample included (329) children from kindergartens in Damascus, whose ages ranged from (4-6) years. The researcher used an evaluation card directed to kindergarten teachers, the following results reached:

1-The levels of multiple intelligences among the kindergarten children ranged from (4-5) years between large and medium degrees according to the following order: )kinesthetic, musical, naturalistic, spatial, linguistic, interpersonal, logical, and intra-personal) intelligence, and the overall score is medium.

2- The levels of multiple intelligences among the kindergarten children ranged from (5-6) years between the large and medium degree according to the following order: (linguistic, naturalistic, kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, spatial, logical, and intra-personal) intelligence, and the overall score is medium.

3- There were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the answers of the teachers according to the child gender variable, in the axes of (linguistic, spatial, musical, interpersonal, and intra-personal) intelligence, and differences in favor of females, and there are no differences in the axes of intelligence (logical, kinesthetic, naturalistic).

4- There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the answers of the teachers according to the child’s age variable, in the axes of (spatial, linguistic and kinesthetic) intelligence, and the differences in favor of children aged (5-6) years in the axis of linguistic intelligence, and in favor of children aged (4-5) years in the axes of spatial and kinesthetic intelligence.