Effects of the multiple intelligence theory on the retention attitude and achievement of the students in geography lesson of nineth grade in secondary education

In this study, it is aimed to determine the effects of the Multiple Intelligence Theory on the retention, attitude and achievement of the students.This study is a research as an experimental model. For testing the effects of Geography Education supported by Multiple Intelligence Theory and Traditional Geography Education on retention, attitude and achievement of students , controlled pre-test and post-test is used. ?Achievement Test is developed to examine the level of student achievement after and before the application. Furthermore, ?Geography Lesson Behavioural Scale? is developed for examining the ideas of the students about the Geography lesson after and before the application.First of all, students are made ready for experimental procedure, studying ?Nature and Human?, ?Map Knowledge? and ?Movement of the Earth? supported by Multiple Intelligence Test. After finishing the pre-study, researcher and his/her adviser also applied a achievement-examining test for learning test group and control group students. The researcher and his/her adviser also applied an achievement-examining test for learning test group and control group students? previous cognition about ?Climate Knowledge? before the experimental procedure. These applications are individually made by the researcher and the collected data are entered to the statistics application.Experimental procedure took ten weeks. The lectures have been studied with the test and control groups, according to the plans prepared during ten weeks. After finishing the experimental procedure, applying the previous behaviour and achievement scales to the test and control groups again, it is tried to find the students? behavioural gains. Experimental procedure finished in the last week of the first term and semester holiday started soon. Three weeks after the semester holiday, applying the achievement examining scale to the test and control groups again, it is tried to find the effects of Multiple Intelligence Theory upon the students? achievement. In order to analyze the data, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test, KR 20, variance analysis, basic item analysis were used.As a result of the research, it is observed that Multiple Intelligence Theory is effective on students? achievement, approaches and permanence of achievement; while teaching ?Atmosphere and Climate? in Geography 1 Lesson.Key Words: Secondary Education, Geography Lesson, Multiple Intelligence, Achievement, Attitude, Retention.