Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1998
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Joe Schomer
Second Committee Member
Nancy E. Jurenka
Third Committee Member
Gail Goss
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to identify a set of multiple intelligence activities that foster motivation for reading. These activities were to accompany specific pieces of children's literature. Children who are motivated and spend more time reading become better readers (Gambrell, 1996). The central element for this project was to develop activities for children's literature using Gardner's multiple intelligence theory. Gardner lists those seven intelligences as: Linguistic, logical/mathematical, spatial, music, kinesthetic/body, interpersonal and intrapersonal (Gardner, 1983). By giving young children a variety of intellectual modalities associated with children's literature it was hoped that all students would develop an early interest and become intrinsically motivated to read books.
Recommended Citation
Otis, Heidi Jo Ann, "Multiple Intelligence Motivational Activities Using Literature for Kindergarten and First Grade Students" (1998). All Graduate Projects. 490.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/490
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Early Childhood Education Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons