Various Extracurricular Activities as a Medium of Development of Multiple Intelligences

Every child and student has diverse intelligence abilities and potentials and is not limited to logic, mathematics, and language intelligence alone, which has been the main stressing in formal education. The purpose of this study is to identify various extracurricular activities as a medium of development of multiple intelligences of madrasah students. This research is a case study research. The research was conducted in Madrasah Aliyah 1 Mataram, Madrasah Aliyah 2 Mataram, and Madrasah Aliyah 3 Mataram. The data collection techniques in this study are observation, interview, and documentation. Data analysis is carried out in two stages, namely, data analysis during the field and data analysis after the data is collected. The results showed that various extracurricular activities conducted in Madrasah Aliyah in Mataram city, in practice not only make students excited in attending each class (activities) chosen. However, the activity is a strategic step in developing a variety of intelligence, interests and talents of learners. This is because the varied activities as organized, is a concrete manifestation of the development of multiple intelligences in Madrasah Aliyah in Mataram cit