?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=MI+as+a+predictor+of+students%E2%80%99+performance+in+reading+competency&rft.creator=Hajhashemi%2C+Karim&rft.creator=Wong%2C+Bee+Eng&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.description=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%2C+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%2C+18-19+years+old)+of+both+genders+studying+in+Tehran+in+the+academic+year+2008-2009.+Three+instruments+were+utilized+in+this+study%3A+1)+a+demographic+questionnaire%3B+2)+the+Persian+version+of+Mckenzie%E2%80%99s+MI+Inventory%3B+and+3)+a+standardized+reading+proficiency+test+which+was+selected+from+retrieved+paper-based+TOEFL%C2%AE+tests.+Results+of+the+correlation+analysis+revealed+no+significant+relationship+between+the+two+variables+of+MI+and+reading+scores+of+the+students.+Furthermore%2C+the+results+of+the+correlation+analysis+revealed+that+there+was+a+low+significant%2C+negative+relationship+between+musical-rhythmic+intelligence+and+reading+which+suggests+that+when+the+reading+score+of+a+student+increases%2C+musical-rhythmic+intelligence+of+the+same+student+decreases+and+vice+versa.+Overall%2C+three+categories+of+MI+(musical-rhythmic%2C+verbal-linguistic%2C+bodily-kinesthetic)+were+found+to+be+predictive+of+reading+proficiency.&rft.date=2012&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8263%2F1%2FMI%2520as%2520a%2520Predictor%2520of%2520Students%25E2%2580%2599%2520Performance%2520in%2520Reading%2520Competency.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hajhashemi%2C+Karim+and+Wong%2C+Bee+Eng++(2012)+MI+as+a+predictor+of+students%E2%80%99+performance+in+reading+competency.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8263%2F