Habits of Mind and Their Relationship with Creativity among Students of Excellent Academic Achievement at Qatar University during the COVID 19 Crisis
Abstract
The present study aimed to explore the relationship between the extent of having habits of
mind and creativity among students of excellent academic achievement at Qatar University
during the COVID 19 crisis. The researchers adopted a descriptive analytical approach. The
researchers selected a sample that consists from 12 male students and 250 female students of
excellent academic achievement. They were enrolled at the College of Education at Qatar
University. They were selected through using the random stratified sampling method was
used. Questionnaire forms were distributed to those students through using e-mail. However,
5 questionnaire forms were excluded due to having missing data and 7 questionnaire forms
weren’t retrieved. Thus, the final sample consists from 250 female students. SPSS program
was used to analyze data. It was found that extent of having habits of mind by students of
excellent academic achievement at Qatar University is moderate. It was found that the
creativity level of the students of excellent academic achievement at Qatar University is
moderate. It was found that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between
that extent of having habits of mind and creativity level at Qatar University during the
COVID 19 crisis. The researchers recommend adding activities that requires using habits of
mind to university curricula in Qatar.