MEASURING THE INTELLECTUAL ABILITY OF VIETNAMESE STUDENTS BASED ON STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE

Tran Huy Hoang; Nguyen Thi Huong; Dang Xuan Cuong

Tran Huy Hoang	hoangth@vnies.edu.vn	The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences 101 Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dang Xuan Cuong	cuongdx@vnies.edu.vn	The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences 101 Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Huong	huongnt@vnies.edu.vn	The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences 101 Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam

Summary:

Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence has been widely used to measure different aspects of intelligence, including analytical, creative, and practical intelligence. This article introduces the development and pilot testing of an instrument to measure the intellectual ability of Vietnamese students. Based on Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence, a framework for measuring students’ intellectual ability has been proposed, including three factors of Analytical, Creative, and Practical intelligence measured through the content of Logic and Mathematics, Vietnamese language, Problem solving, as well as Creativity in the three aspects of Verbal, Quantitative and Figural areas. The instrument is designed with items to measure each of these aspects. The pilot testing results on 1,283 students in grades 5, 9, and 11 in three provinces of Quang Ninh, Vinh Phuc and Thua Thien Hue have shown that the item response theory (IRT) can be used to assess the quality of the items in the instrument and to calculate the overall as well as the aspects of intelligence scores. The results indicate that, although correction will be required, the designed items essentially meet the measurement requirements. The selected score calculation method can provide useful information about the intellectual ability of Vietnamese students.

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Keywords:

Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

measurement tool

analytical

Creative

practical intelligence.

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Journal:

No. 48, December 2021

VIETNAM JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

THE VIETNAM NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

MEASURING THE INTELLECTUAL ABILITY OF VIETNAMESE STUDENTS BASED ON STERNBERG’S TRIARCHIC THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE