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The purpose of this study was to examine the views of primary school teachers about the applicability of the multiple intelligence theory based on variation of gender, educational status, seniority and place of duty. This study is a mixed methodical examination that use quantitative and qualitative research methods together in the scanning model. The universe of the study consists of primary-school teachers who work at public primary schools in the province of Diyarbakır in 2015-2016 academic year. The sample consists of 100 village, 100 district, and 100 urbancenter, and a total of 300 primary-school teachers in the province of Diyarbakır for the quantitative dimension; and 5 village, 5 district, and 5 urban center, and a total of 15 primary-school teachers in the province of Diyarbakır for the qualitative dimension. A survey form was used to collect quantitative data for the present study, while semi-structured interview form was used as data collection tool in the qualitative dimension. Study results demonstrated that primary-school teachers had positive viewson the applicability of the multiple intelligence theory in general.

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