Effectiveness of A program in Science Based on Theories of Multiple Intelligences and social Constructivism on Achievement and the Development of life skills and the Attitude Towards Matter and Self-Esteem Among students of community education schools

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Curriculum and Instruction Department, Faculty of Education, Aswan University, Aswan, EGYPT

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The current research aims at identifying the effectiveness of a program in science based on the theories of multiple intelligences and social constructivism in each of: achievement and the development of life skills, attitudes towards science, and self-esteem for students of community education schools. The sample of the research includes thirty – one students in primary fourth grades from elementary school at “Khor Al Mahmoudia and Al Hilal Schools” (Aswan – Egypt).The researcher uses the descriptive methodology in preparing the theoretical framework for the research and the program based on the theories of multiple intelligences, social constructivism, and research tools (achievement test, life skills test, attitude towards science scale, and self-esteem scale). In analyzing and explaining of the results the previous method is also used. The quasi – experimental methodology is used in the field part which represented in the one sample group experimental design based on the pre and post measurement of the dependent variables of the research.The results showed the effectiveness of a program in science based on theories of multiple intelligences and social constructivism on achievement and the development of life skills and the attitude towards matter and self-esteem among students of community education schools, in light of these results the researcher recommended the necessity of building science curricula using the instructional implications of the theories of multiple intelligences and social constructivism

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