Effectiveness of a Training Program Based on the Theory of Successful Intelligence in Developing Critical Thinking and Improving Academic Achievement among Gifted Students of Low Academic Achievement

Abstract

The study was designed to develop critical thinking, improve the academic achievement motivation, and promote the attitude towards serious creativity among a sample of gifted students with low academic achievement in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 18 gifted students enrolled in Prince Nasser bin Abdulaziz Center for the gifted, aged between (12-13) years with an average of (12.33) years and with a standard deviation of (1.22) degrees. The researcher used a training program based on the theory of successful intelligence. The researcher used many scales to measure the dependent variables of the study. The results of the study indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the pre and post-test of critical thinking and motivation towards academic achievement and the attitude towards serious creativity in the post-test (the best measurement).
 Keywords: Successful intelligence, Critical thinking, Trend towards serious creativity, Gifted students with low academic achievement, Academic achievement motivation.