Strides in Development of Medical Education

An Analysis of the Relationship between Multiple Intelligences and Creative Thinking among Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Hamid Rahimi 1
Ali Yazdkhasty 1
Raheleh Hasanpoor 2

1 PhD in Educational Management, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, School of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

2 M.A. Student in Curriculum, Department of Education, School of Humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

Abstract
  Background & Objective: All humans have various kinds of intelligences only the amount and method of their combination differs Thus educational systems should provide the foundation for the development of these intelligences The main purpose of this research was the analysis of the relationship between multiple intelligences and creative thinking among students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Iran   Methods: The present research was a descriptive correlative study The statistical population of the research included all students of the 20122013 academic years from among which 129 were selected by random stratified sampling method The data collection tools consisted of the Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire with 70 questions and the Creative Thinking Questionnaire with 20 questions based on a 5point Likert scale Content validities of the questionnaires were confirmed by experts The reliability coefficients of the Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire and the Creative Thinking Questionnaire were obtained through Cronbachs alpha as 084 and 087 respectively Collected data was analyzed through inferential statistics (correlation coefficient Students ttest variance analysis and regression analysis) using SPSS software   Results: Research findings revealed that mean of multiple intelligences and creative thinking components of the students were higher than average The highest mean was related to the rational and mathematical intelligence Moreover there was a positive relationship between the components of multiple intelligences and creative thinking   Conclusion: Through the growth of multiple intelligences components the grounds can be set for the growth of creative thinking in students and thus students can play their role as creative and innovative students in the development and growth of society

Keywords

Multiple intelligences
Creative thinking
Students
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Strides in Development of Medical Education
Volume 11, Issue 3
2014
Pages 350-359

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