Correlates of Pupils' Mathematical Creativity

The aim of the present investigation was to study the relationship of mathematical creativity with mathematics anxiety, attitude towards mathematics, cognitive style, and meta-cognition separately. The survey method was used. The sample comprised 658 secondary school students selected from fifteen different schools of Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Districts of Punjab State. Standardized tools were used to assess the variables, namely, mathematical creativity, mathematics anxiety, attitude towards mathematics, cognitive style, and metacognition. The data were analyzed with the help partial correlation technique. Mathematical creativity was found to be positively and significantly related with attitude towards mathematics, cognitive style, and meta-cognition.