A Study of Creativity of Secondary School Children as a Correlate of Some Television Viewing Habits

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Ravi Kant 1,*

1. Maulana Azad National Urdu University, College of Teacher Education,,Darbhanga (Bihar) 846001

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijmecs.2012.10.05

Received: 21 Jul. 2012 / Revised: 15 Aug. 2012 / Accepted: 12 Sep. 2012 / Published: 8 Oct. 2012

Index Terms

Creativity, Television viewing, Academic achievement, Secondary school students

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to study of creativity in relation to TV viewing habits of secondary school students. The sample consists of 400 secondary school students of Rampur city. Verbal test of creativity and TV viewing habits questionnaire were used for this investigation. The result of this study shows that on some behalf TV viewing is negatively related to creativity but overall TV viewing is positively related to creativity of secondary school students. Students viewed variety type program on TV however they were low achiever or high achiever gain knowledge and information through TV. In this study relationship between creativity and TV viewing was positive overall but non significant.

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Ravi Kant, "A Study of Creativity of Secondary School Children as a Correlate of Some Television Viewing Habits", International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science(IJMECS), vol.4, no.10, pp.33-39, 2012. DOI:10.5815/ijmecs.2012.10.05

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