Relationship between multiple intelligence, creativity and academic performance in schooled children in Barranquilla, Atlántico

Abstract

The main objective of the research presented below is to determine and describe the effective correlation between the ability to create, multiple intelligences, and academic performance in elementary school children from Colegio Distrital San Vicente de Paul in Barranquilla, Atlántico. To achieve the objective, a non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive crosssectional and correlational study was designed, in which a sampling was carried out at the researcher’s convenience, made up of 30 students aged between 9 and 11 years who were in the fourth grade. from elementary school; To these, the Turtle Questionnaire, the Multiple Intelligences Diagnostic Questionnaire and Certificate of academic grades by subject and general average of academic performance were applied. It was found that there is a correlation between academic performance and multiple intelligences, but not between creativity and academic performance, nor between creativity and multiple intelligences. It can be concluded that the topics of multiple intelligences and creativity are of great interest in the educational field; Likewise, elucidating the factors that intervene in obtaining a good academic performance by students is one of the main interests of educational institutions and teachers to contribute to the understanding of the variables that
contribute to school development and learning.