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Studies on Creativity and Intelligence Quotient among School Going Children


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1 Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India
2 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India
     

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The present study was conducted in Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand. The purpose of the study was to find out the level and relationship of Creativity and intelligence among school going children and to know the study behaviour and environment of the children. Three hundred children belonging to 12-16 yrs of age (100 children each from class VII, IX and XI drawn by simple random sampling without replacement from of Campus School of Pantnagar University Uttarakhand. The study suggested that the experiment and research upon educational strategies for utilizing creative abilities of children in their intelligence and involvement of the teachers and parents. The data was collected through survey method using self constructed questionnaire schedule to elicit information on general information of the respondents, their family income, information related to their study behaviour. The test of Non Verbal Test of Creative Thinking and Indian Adaptation of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale were analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage. It was observed that there is no significant association between creativity and intelligence. The silent's finding of the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between intelligence and creativity among school going children.

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Creativity, Intelligence, Relationship, Behaviour, School Going Children.
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Manisha
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India
Suman Prasad Maurya
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India
Lokesh Bora
Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand), India

Abstract


The present study was conducted in Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand. The purpose of the study was to find out the level and relationship of Creativity and intelligence among school going children and to know the study behaviour and environment of the children. Three hundred children belonging to 12-16 yrs of age (100 children each from class VII, IX and XI drawn by simple random sampling without replacement from of Campus School of Pantnagar University Uttarakhand. The study suggested that the experiment and research upon educational strategies for utilizing creative abilities of children in their intelligence and involvement of the teachers and parents. The data was collected through survey method using self constructed questionnaire schedule to elicit information on general information of the respondents, their family income, information related to their study behaviour. The test of Non Verbal Test of Creative Thinking and Indian Adaptation of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale were analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage. It was observed that there is no significant association between creativity and intelligence. The silent's finding of the study revealed that there is no significant relationship between intelligence and creativity among school going children.

Keywords


Creativity, Intelligence, Relationship, Behaviour, School Going Children.

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