title: Correlations among measures of cognitive ability, creativity, and academic achievement for gifted minority children.
abstract: This study explored the correlations among nonverbal reasoning ability, creativity, and academic achievement in gifted minority children, 89 girls and 71 boys in Grades 1 through 8 in a program for gifted. A random half of students from all grade levels were tested at the beginning of the year and the remaining half after 7 mo. with Raven Progressive Matrices, Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, and the California Achievement Test. Pearson correlations reflected limited relations among these variables except for a significant positive value between creativity and reading achievement. Suggestions for further study and implications for identification procedures and program development were provided.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Education, Division of Psychological and Educational Services, Fordham University, New York, NY 10023.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Esquivel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002672:Child, Gifted / Q000523:psychology*; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D014481:United States