Multiple intelligences and reading achievement: an examination of the Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences.(Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design)

ABSTRACT. With increased interest in the theory of multiple intelligences (MI), there is a ne to identify and evaluate instruments designed to assess them. This close attention was designed to evaluate the reliability of the Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences (TIMI) and the relationship between intellectual choices and reading achievement. The TIMI was administered to 288 urban 4th-grade scholars Results suggest that the TIMI subscales, which examine estimations for linguistic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, musical, spatial, and bodily-kinesthetic