The Effect of A Multimedia Program Based on The Theory of Multiple Intelligences In Biology on Developing Some Life Skills For Middle School Students And Their Attitudes Towards Them

Abstract

The research aims to identify the effect of a multimedia program according to the theory of multiple intelligences in biology to develop some life skills and their attitude towards them. To verify this goal, the researcher adopted the experimental method and used research tools that include: a list of life skills, a life skills scale, and an attitude scale. The study sample consisted of (80) students from Baladrouz Preparatory Schoolfor Boys. They were divided into two groups: the first, an experimental group (40 students) who studied according to the multimedia program, and the second, a control group (40 students) who studied according to the traditional method. The experiment was implemented during the first semester of the academic year (2023-2024). The research results showed:

• There was a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group, which studied biology according to the multimedia program, and the average scores of the control group, which studied the same subject according to the traditional method, on the "Preventive Healthy Life Skills" test, in favor of the experimental group.


• There was a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group, which studied biology according to the multimedia program, and the average scores of the control group, which studied the same subject according to the traditional method, on the "Personal Health Life Skills" test in favor of the experimental group .

1. There was a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group that studied biology using the multimedia program and the average scores of the control group that studied the same subject using the traditional method in the "Healthy Life Skills" Nutrition test, in favor of the experimental group..


2. There was a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group that studied biology using the multimedia program and the average scores of the control group that studied the same subject in the post-test of the attitude scale, in favor of the experimental group.

The researcher recommended:

• Emphasizing the implementation of the multimedia program in intermediate levels and training or qualifying teachers and trainers to implement the program and employ it in education.


• Reformulating science textbooks for all levels in accordance with multimedia programs, making them part of the prescribed curriculum and making them available to all students.