Intelligence and Academic Achievement Among Students in Benghazi Center for Valedictorians: Compare Study with Normal's

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the differences in intelligence and academic achievement among students enrolled in the Benghazi Center for Valedictorians, and students studying in public schools. The sample consisted of (100) male and female students; including (50) students from the Benghazi Center for Valedictorians, and (50) students in public schools. To achieve the objectives of the study, the Otis-Lennon mental ability test was applied, consisting of (80) items, covering four areas (verbal comprehension - verbal assumption - formal assumption - quantitative assumption), and by collecting data with this test, and the cumulative total of academic achievement for each student, and by analyzing this data statistically, the following results were reached: 1) The students of the Benghazi Center for Valedictorians were highly intelligent.

The results also showed that public school students were average in their performance on the intelligence test. 2) The results showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.01) between the students of the Benghazi Center for Valedictorians and students of public schools in intelligence in favor of the students of Valedictorians Center. 3) The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.01) between the students of the Benghazi Center for Valedictorians and students of public schools in academic achievement in favor of the students of Valedictorians.