GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

In ancient India, intelligence was considered to be God’s gift and it was said that intelligence is not as a result of the good works of the earlier life. It is the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. Teachers evaluated intelligence by conversation, physiological structure, speech, facial expression and feeling. Later it came to be considered that intelligence is a definite trait which helps in abstract thinking and reasoning. Intelligence include the abilities for abstract thinking, reasoning, understanding, communication, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving. It is a conscious adaptation to new situations. Artificial intelligence is the intelligence of machines or the simulation of intelligence in machines. Achievement refers to the scholastic achievement of the student at the end of an educational programme. Academic achievement is related to the acquisition of principles and generalizations and the capacity to perform efficiently certain manipulation of objects, symbols and ideas. Assessment of academic performance has been largely confirmed to the evaluation in terms of information, knowledge, and understanding. Examinations are largely confined to the measurement of the amount of information which the students have acquired. In this study the investigator intends to study the General Intelligence and Academic Achievement of High School Students. The objectives of the study were to construct and validate a tool on Intelligence Test, to find the level of intelligence and academic achievement, to find the significant difference in the general intelligence and academic achievement with regard to the background variables namely Gender, Type of Management, Father’s Educational Qualification, Mother’s Educational Qualification and Parents Occupational Status and to find the relationship between general intelligence and academic achievement of high school students. Survey Method is adopted for the present study. 300 sample was selected by random sampling technique. A self-constructed intelligence test was used for the study. Mean, Standard Deviation, t’ test, Analysis of Variance and Correlation were the statistical techniques used. Data were analyzed by SPSS. Based on the findings educational implications were given.