This study examined gender, environment and creativity as factors in determining creativity among High Achieving Secondary School Students in Oyo, Nigeria. The study adopted an ex-post factor research design. Four Hundred and Sixty (460) High achieving students were selected to participate in the study through a systematic sampling technique across twenty three secondary schools in Oyo, Nigeria. Research Instruments used in the study were Slosson’s Intelligence Test (SIT) ɑ = 0.97, Ibadan Creativity Assessment Scale (ICAS) ɑ = 0.79 and Socio-economic status Scale (SES) ɑ = 0.73. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance data collected from the study were analysed using multiple regression analysis and t-test statistics. The results shows that environmental, gender and cognitive factors when taken together significantly predict creativity in the participants (F(12; 447 =7.514) p 0.05. Based on these findings, it was concluded that Home and School environments were critical to the expression of creative behavior in the participant students. Recommendations were however made based on these findings for parents, teachers, government and all stakeholders to creatively re-structure both home and school environments to facilitate the development and enhance future planning of creative potentials of high-achieving students in secondary schools in Oyo, Nigeria.

Authors:
Olusola Adediran, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Nigeria

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Olusola Akintunde Adediran is currently a senior lecturer in special needs education and guidance counseling at Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo, Nigeria.

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