Career Decision Support System Using Multiple Intelligences

Abstract

A person’s success is primarily attributed to the just decisions he takes at crucial points in life, and one of these is choosing a bachelor’s degree. The purpose of this study is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of Career Decision Support System Using Multiple Intelligences (CDSS-MI) in determining the dominant intelligence of the student. The general concept is for the system to determine the dominant intelligence of the student, suggest the courses that are most compatible to the student’s dominant intelligence, and verify whether the personal choice of the respondent is included in the list of courses. CDSS-MI is akin to knowledge-driven DSS where knowledge elicitation from guidance counselors provided the system’s knowledge base. Using Visual Basic as the development tool, the researcher chose an object-oriented approach in building the system’s rule-base. The list of courses suggested by the system was validated by 281 students of the Information and Communication Technology Department of Iloilo Science and Technology University in Lapaz, Iloilo City. Majority of the respondents affirmed that the list of courses suggested by the system includes their actual preferred courses, thus, proving that the system can effectively guide the students in making a just and proper decision.