Multiple intelligences, aptitudes, and interests as predictors of academic achievement of school students

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Suresh Kumar Darolia (Department of Psychology, Institute of Integrated & Honors Studies, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, Haryana)
Kailash Chand (Department of Psychology, B.P.R. College, Kurukshetra, Haryana)

The main objective of this study was to predict the academic achievement of school students from multiple intelligences, aptitudes and interests. The sample consisted of 300 students in the age group of 14 to 17 years drawn through stratified sampling from various schools of Kurukshetra district in Haryana. To meet the objectives of the study Multiple Intelligence Profiling Questionnaire (Tirri et al., 2002); Differential Aptitude Test (Ojha, 1975); and Chatterji’s Non-Language Preference Record (Chatterji, 1975) were administered on the participants. The academic achievement of the students was measured in terms of marks obtained during two consecutive semester exams of respective classes. The obtained data were treated statistically for descriptive statistics, Pearsonian correlation, and stepwise regression. The results of the study revealed that two components of multiple intelligence, three differential aptitudes, and three interest areas contributed significantly to the prediction of academic achievement the students.