?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Validation+Study+of+the+Persian+Version+of+Mckenzie's+(1999)+Multiple+Intelligences+Inventory+to+Measure+MI+Profiles+of+Pre-University+Students&rft.creator=Hajhashemi%2C+Karim&rft.creator=Wong%2C+Bee+Eng&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.description=Traditionally%2C+intelligence+was+viewed+as+a+single+static+entity.+Revolutionizing+the+once-dominated+%E2%80%9Csingle-static+entity%E2%80%9D+conceptualization%2C+Gardner+initially+(1983)+proposed+his+theory+of+Multiple+intelligences+(MI)+that+encompasses+seven+different+areas+of+intelligence+(verbal-linguistic%2C+logical-mathematical%2C+musical-rhythmic%2C+visual-spatial%2C+bodily-kinesthetic%2C+interpersonal%2C+and+intrapersonal)%2C+and+later+on+added+the+eighth+and+ninth+areas+(naturalist+and+existential)+in+1999.+Based+on+the+theory+of+Multiple+Intelligences+(MI)%2C+a+person+may+be+viewed+as+intelligent+in+any+of+these+areas%2C+and+the+identification+of+the+dominant+intelligence+type+has+proven+to+have+pedagogic+implications.+McKenzie%E2%80%99s+MI+questionnaire+(1999)+is+one+of+the+established+tools+to+identify+the+typology+of+intelligence.+The+present+study+aims+to+validate+the+Persian+version+of+the+MI+Inventory+(questionnaire)+proposed+by+McKenzie+(1999).+This+instrument+provides+an+objective+measure+of+MI.+This+paper+describes+the+validation+exercise+of+the+abovementioned+questionnaire+that+involved+173+pre-university+students+of+both+genders+in+Tehran.+In+addition%2C+the+variables+gender+and+discipline+were+also+considered+in+this+study.+The+findings+of+the+study+indicate+that+overall%2C+the+Persian+version+of+the+questionnaire+has+a+high+reliability.+In+addition%2C+the+results+show+a+moderate+to+high+relationship+between+gender+and+MI+profiles+of+the+students.&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8262%2F1%2FA%2520Validation%2520Study%2520of%2520the%2520Persian%2520Version%2520of%2520Mckenzie%2527s%2520%25281999%2529%2520Multiple%2520Intelligences%2520Inventory%2520to%2520Measure%2520MI%2520Profiles%2520of%2520Pre-University%2520Students.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hajhashemi%2C+Karim+and+Wong%2C+Bee+Eng++(2010)+A+Validation+Study+of+the+Persian+Version+of+Mckenzie's+(1999)+Multiple+Intelligences+Inventory+to+Measure+MI+Profiles+of+Pre-University+Students.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8262%2F