Assessment of Creative and interpersonal intelligence of lower basic school pupils in Osun State
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2022
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Department of Arts in Education, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University
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The study examined the level of creative ability of lower basic schools’ pupils in Osun State, assessed the level of interpersonal intelligence of lower basic schools’ pupils in the study area; and determined the relationship between creative ability and interpersonal intelligence of lower basic schools’ pupils in the study area. These were with a view to providing Information for improving the creative ability and interpersonal intelligence of the lower basic school pupils in Osun State.
The study adopted a correlational survey research design. The population for this study comprised all the primary school pupils in Osun State. The sample size for the study comprised 720 pupils from Primary One. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select the sample for the study. From each of the three senatorial districts in Osun State, two Local Government Areas (LGAs) were selected using simple random sampling technique. Six primary schools (3 public and 3 private) were randomly selected from each Local Government Area (LGA) making a total of 36 schools. From the selected schools, twenty pupils were randomly selected from primary one. Two research instruments were employed to collect data for the study namely; Teachers Interpersonal Intelligence Ability Rating Scale (TIARS), and Pupils Creative Ability Rating Scale (PCARS). Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The results of the study showed that the creative ability of learners was very high; learner love to arrange the classroom (𝑥̅ =1.55); learners love to read (𝑥̅ =1.57), music is very important to their daily lives (𝑥̅ =1.63). On the interpersonal intelligence assessment result showed that respondents demonstrated positive attitude of greeting people (𝑥̅ =1.33), always happy and joyous (𝑥̅ =1.36), keeping good relationship with members in the class (𝑥̅ =1.37), learners like their class teachers (𝑥̅ =1.37). Result further showed that there was significant relationshipbetween the creative ability and interpersonal intelligence of lower basic schools’ pupils (F=9.842, p<0.05).
The study concluded that creative ability and interpersonal intelligence of lower basic school pupils in Osun State were high and significantly related.
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EGBETUNDE,F.Assessment of Creative and interpersonal intelligence of lower basic school pupils in Osun State. Department of Arts in Education, Faculty of Education , Obafemi Awolowo University.