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IADIS International Conference e-Learning 2007

THE EFFECT OF THE WEB-BASED MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND HIGH ORDER THINKING SKILLS INSTRUCTION Hanafi Atan, Noor A.M. Noor, Omar Majid School of Distance Education Universiti Sains Malaysia,11800 Penang, Malaysia

Yoon Tiem Leong School of Physics Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia

Wong Su Luan Faculty of Education Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Fong Soon Fook School of Educational Studie, Universiti Sains Malaysia,11800, Penang, Malaysia

ABSTRACT This paper reports on the investigation of the effect on learning enhancement when the Multiple Intelligence Web-based Learning (MIWBL) and high order thinking skills approach was used in the delivery of a first year undergraduate Physics course. The MIWBL approach involved the design of the course content using the dominant characteristics of the students’ multiple intelligences in combination with the Bloom taxonomy high order thinking skills to form a multiple intelligence learning activity matrix. This matrix allows the incorporation of various learning activities that conform not only to the dominant students’ multiple intelligence characteristics but also high order thinking skills instructional strategies. Learning enhancement was measured by comparing the post-test score achieved by the students when exposed to the MIWBL approach compared of those exposed to the commonly used Web Content-based Learning (CWBL) approach. The comparative post-test performance analysis conducted using a student t-test statistical analysis (p