A Study on Creativity According to Young Children s Gender and Intelligence

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine how children s creativity varies depending on gender and intelligence. Methods: The participants of this study were 100 five-to-six-year-olds from a kindergarten in city S. Collected data was analyzed using SPSS WIN 21.0 program. I conducted t-tests to examine differences in intelligence and creativity according to gender, and used two-way ANOVA for inspecting the differences according to gender and intelligence. Furthermore, I used additional one-way ANOVA for inspecting the interaction-effect of gender and intelligence concretely. Results: As a result, there are no differences in creativity according to a child’s gender, but there are some variations in intelligence according to gender. In addition, the aspect of the relationship between children’s creativity and intelligence varies according to gender. Conclusion/Implications: It is meaningful that this study determined that gender and level of intelligence influence an improvement in creativity. This study supplies variables and directions to be considered when an educational activity or program is developed for young children.