The Effectiveness of Storytelling Techniques on Enhancing Social Intelligence of Elementary School Female Students - 4th and 5th grades, Academic Year 1390-1391

The purpose of the current research was to find out the effectiveness of storytelling techniques on enhancing social intelligence of Elementary school female students. The research method was Quasi-experimental with two pre-test and post-test groups. The statistical population included female students of primary school, fourth and fifth grades in Meshkin Shahr in the academic year 1391-1392. The participants included sixty 4th and 5th female students in Meshkin Shahr, in the academic year 1390-1391, who were selected through cluster random sampling. These students were then assigned to two experimental and control groups, each with 30 students. The experimental group received story telling as the treatment for 10 sessions in 10 weeks. The participants in both groups took the pre-and post-test of social intelligence which was based on Iromoso’s model. The covariance analysis showed that there were significant difference between the experimental and control groups in social intelligence and its components. The results showed that storytelling was an effective method to increase the students’ social intelligence and can be used in educational environments by teachers.