TY - JOUR AU - Ahmadian, Elaheh AB - Studying the relationship between emotional intelligence & academic achievement emphasizing on students’ creative thinking is the purpose of current study. The statistical society included all fifth grade male and female students of Torbat Heidarie state schools from 2012 to 2013. The sample size is 337out of 2800 existed students based on Cochranformula. Gathering data was done byBradberry&Greavesemotional intelligence questionnaire and Aabedi questionnaire of creative thinking. The indicator of academic achievement is students’ average degree. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Independent T- test,Pearson correlation coefficient and regression and SPSS 20 software. The results indicate that there is no positive and significant relationship between emotional intelligence & academic achievement, but there is positive and significant relationship betweencreative thinking& academic achievement. Keywords: Emotional intelligence, academic achievement, creative thinking. 1. Introduction Transforming society cultural Heritage, developing students’ talents and preparing them for active partnershipin society are the main duties of education organization. So training people for preparing them to accept different responsibilities is important. One of the education system challenges in every society is how to get success. Training students in any grade is just for changing their behavior, thinking, attitudes and tasks and finally will be measured as their academic achievement. TI - Relationship between Emotional Intelligence & Academic Achievement Emphasizing on Creative Thinking JF - Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences DO - 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s2p561 DA - 2015-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/relationship-between-emotional-intelligence-amp-academic-achievement-2n0wFANhF0 DP - DeepDyve ER -