Ulaanbaatar
Extrovert Students Tend to be More Creative
Society
Ulaanbaatar, Jan 16 /MONTSAME/. “Solving the burning
problem of Education", The 5th academic conference is being held today.
B. Dorj (Ph.D) of Mongolian State University of
Education speaks about the results of the Comparative Study on Personality and Intelligence
with Soft Skills”.
Around 2.489 students from the National University of
Mongolia, Mongolian State University of
Education, and the Universities of Khovd and Dornod aimags took the test.
Test results showing that some skills are
connected to the other ones. Such as: Conflict resolution goes with
Communication and Creativity, Friendliness and Leadership, Communication and Decision making, Logic and Mathematical skills... etc.
The
eight types of intelligence described by Hovard Gardner, the professor of
Harvard include:
1.Linguistic intelligence
2. Logical-mathematical intelligence.
3. Spatial intelligence
4. Musical intelligence
5. Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence.
6. Interpersonal intelligence.
7. Intrapersonal intelligence
8. Naturalistic intelligence.
Over 2000 students took the test with 40 questions and the
average Naturalistic intelligence was the highest (15.6), while the Spatial
intelligence was the lowest (15.2).
Compared to students from other countries, Mongolian students have
much higher Naturalistic Intelligence as the test
results suggest.
It’s very important to combine the education system with the
individual’s psychological differences.
Everybody has a
different psyche. The main problem is how to ensure the coordination between
these differences and the education system. There are 5 personalities due to
this test.
- extraversion
- agreeableness,
- openness,
- conscientiousness
- neuroticism
According to the Big 5 test result, the average student on agreeableness has the highest score (5.04), on critical thinking has the lowest score (17.9).
Soft skills are
personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously
with other people. Such as: Problem-solving, Conflict resolution, Creativity,
Leadership, Self-control, Teamwork…etc
Although it may take time and effort to detect
these skills, there are some soft skills to achieve personal achievements, such as Communication, Active listening, Empathy, etc.
Nowadays
employers tend to focus on the soft skills of employees. There's a saying that
“Hire for Attitude, Train for Skills”.
