The development of teaching strategy for the enhancement of the creative problem solving thinking skills and the effects of its applications in middle school(III)
Title
The development of teaching strategy for the enhancement of the creative problem solving thinking skills and the effects of its applications in middle school(III)
Journal of the Korean Chemical Society vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 1056 - 1073
Indexed
SCOPUS; KCI
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop teaching materials using Pyramid model of divergent thinking, Inverse pyramid model of convergent thinking and Diamond model of divergent-convergent thinking. And the teaching materials was implemented to 120 students in middle school over 10 weeks. Results indicated that the experimental group presented statistically meaningful improvement in creative thinking skills, especially in fluency and flexibility(p<.05). Also the teaching materials contributed to improve critical thinking skills, especially in inquiry process of recognizing problems, making conclusion and generalization(p<.05). Moreover, academic achievement was improved(p<.05). But, there was no significant improvement in creative personality(p<.05).