Comparing the Effectiveness of Personal Intelligence and Successful Intelligence Training on Creativity and Its Dimensions in Gifted Students

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of personal intelligence and successful intelligence training on creativity of gifted students. 

Research method was experimental with pretest and post-test with control group. Population of this study contained all the ninth grade male students of Brilliant talents high schools of Esfarāyen city in 96-95 school year. Research sample consists 38 gifted students were randomly selected and put into three groups (personal intelligence, successful intelligence and control). Data were collected by use of Mayer personal intelligence questionnaire, Sternberg successful intelligence questionnaire and Abedi creativity questionnaire.

The results of mixed variance analysis showed that both personal intelligence and successful intelligence training program influence on student of creativity, so that, both treatments had the same efficacy to increase creativity and its dimensions (flexibility, expandability, fluid and initiative) in gifted students. 

According to the results of this study, we can say that both personal intelligence and successful intelligence training leads to improvement the creativity in gifted students by giving a deeper understanding of topics and increase their motivattion.