This study examined the issue around the notion that low self-concept and lack of academic confidence has been widely associated with elementary students with ADHD. Within a conceptual framework of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, predominant intelligences, self-concept and achievement level of students with ADHD were examined to determine how they fared in Schools Using Multiple Intelligences Theory (SUMIT). ,This research was an exploratory descriptive study which supported a qualitative and quantitative approach. A purposeful sample of eighty-seven students With ADHD in grades two through seven in 17 SUMIT sites participated in this study Information was collected using nine sources of data: The Multiple IntelligencesDevelopmental Assessment Scale (MIDAS), the Piers Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (PHCSCS), Teacher Perception of Achievement Level in Students with ADHD Survey. Teacher Interviews, Student Interviews, Parent Interviews, a Principal Interview, Documents and Contextual Information. Qualitative data were triangulated and validated using coding techniques. Quantitative data were also statistically analyzed.
This study found that more than half the students with ADHD reported that they possess the naturalist and spatial intelligences as their predominant intelligences. This study concluded that the pattern of intelligences of students with ADHD in SUMIT sites are not intelligences that are emphasized in the traditional school setting. In addition, students with ADHD in SUMIT sites scored average self-concept and average achievement level. An elementary school curriculum which enacts strategies of multiple intelligences has serious implications for the way schools organize and deliver instruction for students with ADHD. Burgeoning research in the field of MI offers hope for this misperceived population. Curriculum should focus on ADHD students' strengths rather than weaknesses which is an aspect often missing in more traditional educational settings. In sum, MI theory may be the curricular response needed to further the goal of having students with ADHD live up to their fullest intellectual and emotional potential.
This study examined the issue around the notion that low self-concept and lack of academic confidence has been widely associated with elementary students with ADHD. Within a conceptual framework of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, predominant intelligences, self-concept and achievement level of students with ADHD were examined to determine how they fared in Schools Using Multiple Intelligences Theory (SUMIT). ,This research was an exploratory descriptive study which supported a qualitative and quantitative approach. A purposeful sample of eighty-seven students With ADHD in grades two through seven in 17 SUMIT sites participated in this study Information was collected using nine sources of data: The Multiple IntelligencesDevelopmental Assessment Scale (MIDAS), the Piers Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale (PHCSCS), Teacher Perception of Achievement Level in Students with ADHD Survey. Teacher Interviews, Student Interviews, Parent Interviews, a Principal Interview, Documents and Contextual Information. Qualitative data were triangulated and validated using coding techniques. Quantitative data were also statistically analyzed.
This study found that more than half the students with ADHD reported that they possess the naturalist and spatial intelligences as their predominant intelligences. This study concluded that the pattern of intelligences of students with ADHD in SUMIT sites are not intelligences that are emphasized in the traditional school setting. In addition, students with ADHD in SUMIT sites scored average self-concept and average achievement level. An elementary school curriculum which enacts strategies of multiple intelligences has serious implications for the way schools organize and deliver instruction for students with ADHD. Burgeoning research in the field of MI offers hope for this misperceived population. Curriculum should focus on ADHD students' strengths rather than weaknesses which is an aspect often missing in more traditional educational settings. In sum, MI theory may be the curricular response needed to further the goal of having students with ADHD live up to their fullest intellectual and emotional potential.
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