The Effectiveness of Gardner-Based Verbal and Interpersonal Intelligence Training on Reading Performance and Social Skills of Students with Reading Disorder

Ghazizadeh, Fatemeh; Falahati, Vahid; Moradpour, Mojtaba; Kareshki, Hossein

doi:10.22034/rip.2026.559638.1119

The Effectiveness of Gardner-Based Verbal and Interpersonal Intelligence Training on Reading Performance and Social Skills of Students with Reading Disorder

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Authors

Fatemeh Ghazizadeh ¹

Vahid Falahati ²

Mojtaba Moradpour ¹

Hossein Kareshki ³

¹ MSc. in Educational Psychology, Kavian Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran

² MSc. in Educational Psychology, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran

³ Professor, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

10.22034/rip.2026.559638.1119

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of training based on Gardner's verbal and interpersonal intelligences on the reading performance and social skills of students with reading disorder. This quasi-experimental study employed a pretest-posttest control group design. The statistical population included all first-grade female students with reading disorder who referred to the Educational and Rehabilitation Center for Specific Learning Disabilities of the Ministry of Education in Qaen City (a city in Iran). The sample consisted of 30 such students, selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned into two equal groups. The research instruments included the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills with Youngsters (MESSY) and the Reading Diagnostic Test (RDT). The experimental group received ten 60-minute sessions of training based on verbal and interpersonal intelligences, while the control group received no such intervention. Analysis of covariance indicated a positive effect of the verbal and interpersonal intelligences-based training on students' reading performance and social skills (P < 0.05). Accordingly, this approach can be utilized to remediate reading difficulties in students with reading learning disabilities.

Keywords

interpersonal intelligence

reading disorder

reading performance

social skills

verbal intelligence

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