MI as a predictor of students’ performance in reading competency

Hajhashemi, K., & Wong, B. E. (2012). MI as a predictor of students’ performance in reading competency. English Language Teaching, 5(3), 240-251. doi: 10.5539/elt.v5n3p240 The purpose of this study was to examine whether performance in MI could predict... More

Hajhashemi, K., & Wong, B. E. (2012). MI as a predictor of students’ performance in reading competency. English Language Teaching, 5(3), 240-251. doi: 10.5539/elt.v5n3p240 The purpose of this study was to examine whether performance in MI could predict the performance in reading competency. The other objectives were to identify the components of MI which are correlated with the reading test scores, and to determine the relationship between the multiple intelligences and reading proficiency. A descriptive and ex post facto design was employed to ascertain relationships among the variables. The participants were 128 randomly chosen pre-university students (grade12, 18-19 years old) of both genders studying in Tehran in the academic year 2008-2009. Three instruments were utilized in this study: 1) a demographic questionnaire; 2) the Persian version of Mckenzie’s MI Inventory; and 3) a standardized reading proficiency test which was selected from retrieved paper-based TOEFL® tests. Resu Less