The effect of visual arts education on perceptual intelligence and spatial intelligence Fifth grade female students

The purpose of study is to investigate the effect of visual arts education on perceptual intelligence and spatial intelligence of fifth grade female students. The method used research is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test and two experimental and control groups. The target population of this study is the fifth grade female students of schools in District 7 of Tehran who were studying in the academic year 2019-2020 and the selected samples of 40 students were randomly selected from the fifth grade and in two control groups (20 Experimental subjects (20) were included. The duration of this research is three weeks and three training sessions per week. The research tool was used to teach visual arts about children's drawing from the drawing city software and for perceptual intelligence and spatial intelligence from the standard questionnaire. The validity of this test through Cronbach's alpha was 0.734 and its validity was confirmed according to the opinion of experts. The data collected in the study were analyzed using SPSS software and descriptive statistics using the indicators of mean, standard deviation and in inferential statistics using the method of analysis of covariance. The results showed that: There is a significant difference between the mean post-test scores of the control and experimental groups in the dependent variables of perceptual intelligence and spatial intelligence and also the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable of perceptual intelligence and spatial intelligence of students was effective. There is a significant difference between the control and experimental groups