An e-book of multiple intelligences as a tool to promote the development of english writing skills to the students of tenth year EBG at Unidad Educativa Salinas Innova, Salinas, province of Santa Elena 2015 – 2016.

Abstract

In this information era we are facing a transition to a new paradigm into education where Information and Communications Technologies play a vital role which involves an active process in the knowledge acquisition. Education demands new strategies to teach and one of this is using ICTs into curriculum. Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory (MIT) is an important contribution to teaching field due to it is a cognitive perspective on intelligence which has profound implications for education in general. It has evolved in response to the need to reach a better understanding of how cognitive individual differences can be addressed and developed in the classroom. The application of an eBook of multiple intelligences is a great opportunity to improve the writing skills. Writing is a hard skill of performing properly which could be developed with continuous practice because it is a complex process. The present research shows the improvement of the writing skills of Tenth EGB parallel C student’s from Unidad Educativa Salinas Innova according with the results obtained from the different interviews and surveys the Creation of an eBook of multiple intelligences writing activities will support teachers to apply teaching strategies based on the different students intelligences that engage them to practice actively.