The Predictive Ability of Multiple Intelligences in the Skill of Memorizing the Holy Qur’an for Students of the Upper Basic Stage

Abstract

Objectives: The study aimed to identify prevalent multiple intelligences among upper elementary students memorizing the Holy Qur’an and assess the predictive capacity of these intelligences on their memorization skills.

Methods: The study used a descriptive correlational approach with a survey questionnaire on multiple intelligences developed by McKenzie (1999), translated and codified by Abdul Qadir and Abu Hisham (2007). The reliability and validity of the questionnaire were assessed for the study. The sample included 115 male and female students specializing in Quranic memorization.

Results: The study showed that multiple intelligences were arranged among the study sample as follows: existential, linguistic, spatial, social, personal, logical, kinesthetic, musical, and natural intelligences. It also showed that all intelligences came in a medium degree except for musical and natural intelligence, which came in a low degree. There were four intelligences that had the ability to predict the skill of memorizing the Holy Qur’an, and they were arranged according to the following: existential, spatial, linguistic, and personal intelligence. These four intelligences explain 43% of the variation in the skill of memorizing the Holy Qur’an. The rest of the intelligences (logical, motor, musical, social, and natural) did not have statistical significance in their ability to predict the skill of memorizing the Holy Quran.

Conclusion: The study concluded the importance of providing programs related to multiple intelligences for students to learn the Holy Qur’an and the interest in training teachers of the Holy Qur’an to apply multiple intelligence measures to reveal the intelligences of their students.