Cognitive Level and its Relation to Creative thinking for Children Aged (7years)

Abstract

Present study aimed to identify the relationship between the level of cognitive and innovative thinking in children aged 7 years. Researcher is used a descriptive approach to tackle the problem, school of mixed typical Al-Adnaniyah was chosen from the center of the province of Babylon among primary schools by a lot, where the number of pupils of first class aged 7 years (25) pupils (boy and girl) for the academic year 2012-2013, 5 pupils were excluded because they participated in pilot study and thus amounted of subject was (20) pupils (8) girls and (12) boys. Number of scientific references, thesis, and dissertations were read afterward we depended on cognitive level questionnaire for children which made by Lubna through converting concepts and symbols into images for the purpose of clarification and measured them, so the highest degree of the questionnaire is reached (88) and a lower is (zero) and the degree of neutrality is (44), we also relied on a Torrance questionnaire for innovative thinking of the children, where it is one of the most famous tests of mental developed to measure innovative thinking as it is easy and its instructions are available as well as correction key, researchers are also used verbal picture to test the movements and forms which is consisted of four activities and time of each of them 10 M. The researcher concluded that a significant correlation between the level of cognitive and creative thinking in children aged 7 years. The researcher recommends the need to conduct similar studies of people with special needs, as well as to rationalize the use of methods of innovation and draw the attention of teachers hoping for the innovative behavior of the children in the early stages.