The Effect of Multiple Intelligence-Based Learning towards Students' Concept Mastery and Interest in Matter

Abstract

This research was focused on investigating the effect of multiple intelligence-based learning as a learning approach towards students' concept mastery and interest in learning matter. The one-group pretest-posttest design was used in this research towards a sample which was according to the suitable situation of the research sample, n = 13 students of the 7th grade in a private school in Bandar Seri Begawan. The students' concept mastery was measured using achievement test and given at the pretest and posttest, meanwhile the students' interest level was measured using a Likert Scale for interest. Based on the analysis of the data, the result shows that the normalized gain was 0.61, which was considered as a medium improvement. in other words, students' concept mastery in matter increased after being taught using multiple intelligence-based learning. The Likert scale of interest shows that most students have a high interest in learning matter after being taught by multiple intelligence-based learning. Therefore, it is concluded that multiple intelligence -- based learning helped in improving students' concept mastery and gain students' interest in learning matter.