The Correlation Between Student's Creativity and Student's Performance

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the correlation between students' creativity and students' performance at vocational studies. The research seeks to define educational performance by considering multidimensional nature of creativity.

This research aimed at exploring the relationship between self-esteem and academic performance by using creativity inventory. To this end, a research has been conducted on the students of vocational studies (n=312) in Istanbul. According to the results, a weak relationship (r<0,42) was revealed between creativity and academic performance.