The Effect of Recreational Fields on Multiple Intelligence of Alexandria University's Students

Abstract

This study aims to identify the effect of practicing recreational fields on multiple intelligences for Alexandria University’s students. The researcher used the descriptive method with survey as they suit the nature of the study. Sample of the study was selected randomly from practitioners of recreational activities in Alexandria University. The researcher took into account that the sample represents the original community of the study (males and females), in terms of study (scientific and theoretical faculties – high and low score faculties), in terms of environment (rural and urban) and in terms of socioeconomic standard of students and patterns of recreational activities. Total sample of the study was (1599) students divided into (1521) for the main study and (63) to study first multiple intelligences, (15) for second exploratory study and legalizing the tool of the study. The researcher used multiple intelligences list as a tool of data collection. The researcher did the main study in the period from 19/3/2013 till 27/5/2013. The most important results are various recreational fields practiced by university students. The most practiced recreational fields were: social, commercial and free recreations. Other result is the ability to predict each individual’s intelligence pattern by knowing their recreational activity, direction of individuals to suitable recreational activities to their abilities by knowing their intelligence pattern. Females excelled over males in logical, musical, personal and existential intelligences, while males excelled in natural intelligence. There are no statistically significant differences between males and females in linguistic, spatial, social and physical intelligences. Practitioners of sport recreation excelled in physical intelligence. Practitioners of social recreation excelled in the social intelligence. Practitioners of cultural recreation excelled in linguistic and logical intelligence. Practitioners of free recreation excelled in spatial and natural intelligence. Practitioners of medical recreation excelled in spatial and personal intelligence. Practitioners of artistic recreation excelled in musical intelligence. Practitioners of commercial recreation excelled in existential intelligence.