Correlation Study Between Learning Style And Multiple Intelligence Among Muslim Gifted And Talented

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the correlation between learning style and Multiple Intelligence among Muslim gifted and talented students. The study also attempts to investigate the most dominant learning style practice by Muslim gifted and talented along with the most dominant intelligence among them. To achieve this aim, the Multiple Intelligence Self Inventory (MISI) and Malay Version of Visual Aural Read or write and Kinesthetics (VARK) instruments were administered towards 165 Muslim gifted and talented students aged 14 to16 years old. Data were analyzed descriptive and inferentially and presented in a percentage frequency table. The results of the study showed that there are insignificant correlation between Multiple Intelligence and learning style among Muslim Gifted and Talented. Additionally, the study also discovered that the most dominant learning style practiced by Muslim Gifted and Talented students is Kinesthetics (48.10%) and the most dominant intelligence among Muslim Gifted and Talented students is Spiritual Intelligence (43.67%). The study concluded with suggestion of developing a module on teaching methodology for Muslim gifted learners.