Elementary Students, Creativity, and Technology
| Autor: | Romina Jamieson-Proctor, Paul C. Burnett |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Technology education
General Computer Science media_common.quotation_subject Primary education Library and Information Sciences Creativity Education Treatment and control groups Intervention (counseling) Mathematics education Curriculum development Psychology Curriculum Computer technology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Computers in the Schools. 19:33-48 |
| ISSN: | 1528-7033 0738-0569 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j025v19n01_04 |
| Popis: | This article reports on the impact on student personal creativity of a longitudinal study that had as its major goal the creation of a unique intervention program for elementary students. The intervention was based on the National Profile and Statement (Curriculum Corporation, 1994a, 1994b) for the curriculum area of technology. The intervention program comprised thematically based units of work that integrated all eight Australian Key Learning Areas (KLA). A pretest/posttest control group design investigation (Campbell & Stanley, 1963) was undertaken with 580 students from 7 schools and 24 class groups that were randomly divided into 3 treatment groups. One group (10 classes) formed the control group. Another 7 classes received the year-long intervention program, while the remaining 7 classes received the intervention, but with the added seamless integration of their available classroom computer technologies. The effect of the intervention on the personal creativity characteristics of the students involved in the study was assessed using the Creativity Checklist, an instrument that was developed during the study. The results suggest that the purposeful integration of computer technology with the intervention program positively affects the personal creativity characteristics of students. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|