Impact of teacher education training on the intelligence of pre-service teachers

This study primarily aims to explore the impact of teacher education training on the intelligence of selected pre-service teachers enrolled in the University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue. A descriptive and comparative design was utilized to collect and analyze data from a purposive sample of 56 pre-service teachers. A battery of psychometric exams that include the Otis-Lennon Test of Mental Ability, the measure for intelligence, was administered to the representative upon the admission of the pre-service teachers into the program and upon their completion of the program's course requirements. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the IQ of pre-service teachers, the Shapiro-Wilk was used to test the normality of the data, the paired sample t-test was conducted to see the significant change in their IQ, and One-Way ANOVA was used to determine the significant differences of the IQ per field of specialization of the BSED program. The results showed a slight increase in the IQ level of pre-service teachers across all majors. Furthermore, the p-value (p < .05) for the overall IQ level, indicating a significant change in the intelligence quotient (IQ) of pre-service teachers during their teacher education training, as measured by the Otis-Lennon Test of Mental Ability.