Creativity of Mathematical Gifted Students In Relation To Their Problem Solving Ability

Dr. Raina Tiwari; Nirupama Pathak

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

Creativity of Mathematical Gifted Students In Relation To Their Problem Solving Ability

Dr. Raina Tiwari, Nirupama Pathak

Abstract :

This paper intends to compare high and low creative mathematically gifted higher secondary school students with reference to their problem solving ability. For this purpose, a sample of 80 mathematically gifted students(40 boys,40 girls) studying in 11th class of higher secondary school of Jabalpur was collected by random sample technique and analysed by using statistical techniques.viz. Mean, SD, t-test. In order to assess the creativity, Verbal Test of Creative Thinking by Baquer Mehdi was used. Problem solving ability test develop by L.N.Dubey was used to measure the problem solving ability of mathematical gifted higher secondary school students. Ages of the students were approximate 14 to 16 years. The result indicates that there is a strong and positive correlation between problem solving ability and creativity of mathematical gifted students.