Abstract

The Report of The Parliamentary Research Commission which was established for the purpose of "Discovery of Gifted Children, Identification of Problems Related to Their Education and Providing Effective Employment That Will Contribute to the Development of Our Country", published by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 2012, comes to the fore in terms of comprehensiveness. In this report, it is stated that the definition of giftedness in Turkey can not be determined fully, and existing measurement tools, and educational applications do not entirely meet the needs of the field of giftedness (Çitil 2018: 158). When the definition of giftedness-superior intelligence, tests applied to gifted individuals in our country, the place of creativity and artistic creativity in these choices are examined; the gaps in our education system, especially in the importance of multiple intelligence approach in terms of contemporary practices, come into prominence. In this study, the relationship between intelligence and artistic creativity was interpreted among gifted and normal achieving students between the ages of 8-10. While making this interpretation, music was used as a tool in applications. In the light of the data obtained in this context, the role of artistic creativity was questioned in the distinction of gifted children, and by criticizing the uniform intelligence (cognitive intelligence) perception, which mainly affects the determination of gifted children in our country; the importance of multiple intelligence method iin education is emphasized. The findings are that normal achieving children are more successful in terms of artistic creativity than gifted children, and the music used as a tool affects both groups positively, but it affects gifted students with a higher proportion. Based on the results, the relationship between artistic creativity and intelligence is compared proportionally and explained through content analysis.