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Intellectual Characteristic of Children With Mental Retardation Based on Multiple Intelligence

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2006, 7(3), pp.231-248
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Heesun Chung 1 Shin, Hyunki 1

1단국대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to analyze the intellectual characteristics of children with mental retardation based on multiple intelligence. The subjects were 26 children with mental retardation in elementary school students of third through fifth grade in special classes within regular schools. Their multiple intelligence(MI) were measured by standardized Korean Performance-based Multiple Intelligence Test for Early Children(hereafter, PMIT-E).The major results of this study were as follows;First, the ability test of PMIT-E were many score differences between the general children group and mental retardation group in the areas of linguistic and logical-mathematical. But, the preference test of PMIT-E were a little difference between the general children group and mental retardation group in the most areas.Second, there were the strength and the weakness of intelligences in the profile of MI of children with mental retardation. Scores in the private multiple intelligence distributed widely. Also, in analyzing MI of children with mental retardation, the strength of intelligence is Naturalist intelligence and Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, and the weaknesses of intelligence were Linguistic intelligence and Logical-mathematical intelligence. Third, there were statistical differences of multiple intelligence profiles from the mean of the Linguistic intelligence, Logical-mathematical intelligence, Naturalist intelligence, Interpersonal intelligence between both groups on intelligence of children with mental retardation. The results of this study have many implications for teaching children with mental retardation.

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