scholarly journals Students’ Consciousness of their Problem Solving Approaches as a Key to Creativity in Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Marwa Hassan Khalil

Architectural engineering students are constantly dealing with ill-defined and tangled design problems. Many scholars accentuated the importance of creative thinking in tackling such wicked and complex problems. Accordingly, getting engaged in an ill-defined problem solving process requires specific personality traits that are often critical to creativity and innovation in design. In that sense, architectural engineering curricula need to provide various strategies through which such individual skills can be nurtured and developed. The objective of this study is to empirically identify the different patterns of students’ approaches in solving problems and the role of group discussions in such a process. The study adopted a qualitative approach, in a live class setup, through a series of workshops to allow for in-depth exploration of the students’ problem solving skills and abilities. The intention is to help students in discovering and in being aware of their own way of solving problems and identifying its strengths and weaknesses. This is considered a core and significant step towards the improvement and development of their design thinking skills. The findings of the study have emphasized the positive impact of the cyclical behavior in the creative problem solving process and highlighted the different key issues and lessons emerging from students’ consciousness of the mental processes that occurred during this iterative process. Such awareness and consciousness of those emergent issues is expected to encourage conscious design, increase tolerance for ambiguity and improve self-confidence which are believed to dramatically help students in creatively solving ill-defined architectural design problems.

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-234
Author(s):  
Tuan Minh Chau

The article presents the importance of integrating soft skills into teaching specialized knowledge. Through the article, the author presents the importance of Organizing Events subject as well as shows that Organizing Events is a subject that requires learners to have many skills such as: independent working skills, teamwork skills, creative thinking skills; coordination skills, problem-solving skills, listening skills and some other skills. All the skills mentioned above are applied to Organizing Events at each stage, each activity when organizing the event. In order for students to effectively apply the skills into the subject, teachers can design lectures, provide exercises in accordance with the content of the subject, divide each stage so that it can be further taught helping students grasp each content, thereby being able to best use the subject when designing each profile for the assumed event and students have to practice organizing events according to reality. Besides, the articlealso emphasizes that integrating soft skills into teaching specialized knowledge is a necessity, from the reality of the Organizing Events subject.


Author(s):  
Suhaila Che Noh ◽  
Abdul Malek Abdul Karim

<p><span lang="EN-US">Education 4.0 will be the next aspect of the curriculum since programming has been taught from the primary school level. Training 4.0 requires teachers to equip students with not only the knowledge and information but also encourage students to be able to process information, develop creative thinking, and acquire problem-solving skills. However, the competency of teachers to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving skills is still questionable. The purpose of this concept paper is to provide an understanding of the conceptual framework for enhancing the teachers’ competency to enhance creativity and innovation in fulfilling the desire of education 4.0. design thinking is an innovative method that places people right at the center of problem solving. It discusses the variables that may affect the quality of teachers in education 4.0 and presents a literature review of approaches that can contribute to the creation of effective teaching methods to develop successful students and satisfy the demands of the workforce for industrial revolution 4.0. It is found that teachers need to be competent to build students' skills in meeting a competitive and innovative workforce in the wake of the industrial revolution 4.0. There are seven dimensions in the design thinking mindset that teachers need to understand to meet the 4.0 education requirements.</span></p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-123
Author(s):  
Emine Kübra Pullu ◽  
Mehmet Nuri Gömleksiz

Abstract This research was prepared in order to determine the change in students’ academic achievement, retention levels and attitudes, and problem solving skill and creative thinking skill as a result of programming teaching with authentic task-based applications. The research was prepared using an experimental design with pretest-posttest control group. In the study group of the research, 2nd year Computer Technologies Department students who studied at Erciyes University in the 2017–2018 academic year and took the Web Design Fundamentals course and the Research Methods and Techniques course are included. One of the second-year branches was determined as experimental group (n = 30) and the other one was determined as the control group (n = 33). The teaching of programming to the experimental group students was carried out with authentic tasks. Lessons were conducted with the control group students using the traditional teaching method. Achievement test developed by the researchers as pre-test, post-test, retention test, as well as Attitude Scale Toward Computer Programming developed by Baser (2013), Problem Solving Inventory developed by Heppner and Peterson (1982) and adapted to Turkish by Sahin, Sahin and Heppner (1993), “How Creative Are You?” scale developed by Raudsepp (1977) and adapted to Turkish by Coban (1999) were used. With research, it was concluded that authentic task-oriented practices increased students’ programming academic success and attitudes towards programming, and also positively affected both students’ problem-solving skills and creative thinking skills.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Dhesy Adhalia ◽  
Nancy Susianna

<p>Problem solving, creative thinking, and reasoning skills are important skills for students to master to solve various problems that they will face in the future. However, there are still many students that have relatively low ability levels performing these three skills. To improve students' abilities in these three skills, teachers can use learning strategies that incorporate visual learning media. The problem identified in a class of third graders at a public elementary school (SDN 01) in Jagakarsa was the lack of use of learning media in the learning process in the classroom so students' ability in all three skills was less developed. A research study was conducted to determine the increase in problem solving skills, creative thinking skills, and reasoning skills of third grade students at SDN 01 Jagakarsa in math subjects after being taught using instructional media. Data sources were obtained from students' test scores before and after being taught using visual learning media. Based on the N-gain calculation and data analysis using inferential statistics, results showed that the use of visual learning media can improve students' ability to solve problems, think creatively, and reason, especially in mathematics subjects.</p><p><strong>BAHASA INDONESIA ABSTRACT: </strong>Keterampilan memecahkan masalah, berpikir kreatif, dan menalar merupakan keterampilan yang penting dikuasai siswa untuk menyelesaikan bermacam persoalan yang akan dijumpainya kelak di masa yang akan datang. Kenyataannya<strong> </strong>masih banyak ditemui siswa dengan kemampuan ketiga keterampilan tersebut yang tergolong rendah. Untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa pada ketiga keterampilan tersebut, guru dapat menggunakan strategi pembelajaran menggunakan media pembelajaran.<strong> </strong>Masalah yang teridentifikasi di kelas III SDN 01 Jagakarsa adalah masih kurangnya penggunaan media pembelajaran yang digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran di kelas, sehingga kemampuan siswa dalam ketiga keterampilan tersebut kurang berkembang.<strong> </strong>Oleh karena itu dilakukan penelitian untuk mengetahui peningkatan kemampuan memecahkan masalah, berpikir kreatif, serta menalar siswa kelas III SDN 01 Jagakarsa pada mata pelajaran matematika setelah diajarkan dengan menggunakan media pembelajaran. Sumber data didapat dari nilai siswa sebelum dan sesudah diajarkan dengan menggunakan media pembelajaran visual. Berdasarkan hasil perhitungan <em>N-gain</em> dan analisis data menggunakan statistik inferensial didapat kesimpulan bahwa penggunaan media pembelajaran visual dapat meningkatkan kemampuan siswa dalam memecahkan masalah, berpikir kreatif, dan menalar secara keseluruhan khususnya pada mata pelajaran matematika.</p>


2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Newman

Improving the critical thinking ability of students is a learning outcome of many undergraduate and graduate courses.  While case-based courses encourage higher order critical thinking, students still often become rote in the application of concepts and theories to problem-solving situations.  This paper presents an example of a graduate marketing MBA course that was revised by integrating the creative problem solving process with the traditional case analysis process in order to enhance student critical thinking and problem solving skills.


Author(s):  
Diana Vivanti Sigit ◽  
Erna Heryanti ◽  
Dyah Ayu Widya Pangestika ◽  
Ilmi Zajuli Ichsan

<div align="center"><table width="645" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="439"><p><strong>Abstract:</strong> The ability to think creatively and problem solving is the ability that students must have in 21st century. The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between creative thinking skills and students' problem solving abilities in environmental change material. The research method used is descriptive correlational method. The research was conducted at High School 4 Bekasi in semester of the 2018/2019 academic year. The sample was taken through simple random sampling technique as many as 138 students. The results showed a correlation coefficient between the ability to think creatively with students' problem solving abilities of 0.825. The conclusion of this study is that there is a positive relationship between the ability to think creatively with students' problem solving skills.</p><p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstrak:</strong><em> </em>Kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan pemecahan masalah adalah kemampuan yang harus dimiliki siswa untuk menghadapi tantangan abad ke-21. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kemampuan berpikir kreatif dan kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa pada materi perubahan lingkungan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif korelasional. Penelitian dilaksanakan di SMA Negeri 4 Bekasi pada semester ganjil tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Sampel diambil melalui teknik simple random sampling sebanyak 138 siswa. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan koefisien korelasi antara kemampuan berpikir kreatif dengan kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa sebesar 0,825. Kemampuan berpikir kreatif memberikan kontribusi sebesar 68% terhadap kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa. Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah terdapat hubungan positif antara kemampuan berpikir kreatif dengan kemampuan pemecahan masalah siswa.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>


Author(s):  
Julia von Thienen ◽  
Adam Royalty ◽  
Christoph Meinel

This chapter introduces design thinking as an educational approach to enhance creative problem-solving skills. It is a problem-based learning paradigm that builds on three pillars: A creative problem solving process, creative work-spaces and collaboration in multi-perspective teams. This chapter discusses central elements of design thinking education and contrasts the approach to conventional education as well as other problem-based learning paradigms. In particular, design thinking classes harness a unique “look and feel” and “verve” to help students acquire and experience creative mastery. Furthermore, the chapter overviews empirical studies on design thinking education. Four studies are described in more detail: Experiments on the three pillars of design thinking and one case study where a university class curriculum has been changed to a design thinking paradigm. Finally, the chapter provides resources for readers who want to learn more about design thinking education.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Mrs Liliasari ◽  
Mrs Siti Darsati

The aim of the research is to improve chemistry teacher training program quality, use Analytical Chemistry Teaching Model (MPKA). The improvement should be on student higher order thinking skills. The model is consisting of 23 concepts, which include concepts that name process, concepts that have no perceptible instances, concepts which require knowledge of principles, concepts involving symbolic representation, formula and equation. Those concepts arrange in nine hierarchies on concept map. The model of teaching uses: (a) concept and science process skill approach; (b) problem solving and lecture method, and also laboratory activities; (c) transparency and power point media; (d) essay test. Critical thinking skills developed by the model are elementary clarification, basic support, inference and strategy and tactics. Creative thinking skills developed by the model are: (1) encouraging elegant solution of collision conflict, unsolved mysteries; (2) practicing the creative problem solving process in disciplined systematic manner in dealing with the problem and information at hand; (3) examining fantasies to find solution of real problems; (4) heightening anticipation only enough structure to give clues and direction. The model has been implemented to 82 students in three teacher’s training institutions (LPTK) in Java and Bali. The model improves students’ comprehension in Chemistry concepts. It also develops three kinds of logics: group inclusion, proportional and combinatorial. Therefore it is suggested to develop similar models for other courses in perspectives chemistry teachers training program.Key words: Model of teaching, analytical chemistry, critical and creative thinking skills, quality improvement.


Author(s):  
Hadeel Nabil Elhaj Qasem , Odeh Abu Sneineh

The study aimed to reveal the degree of horizontal integration in life skills in the second grade curriculum in Jordan. To achieve the objective of the study، the researcher used the analytical descriptive method.The study sample included the Arabic and Islamic education books and social and national education. The results of the study indicated that manual in its first and second section. The life skills to be included in the sample study books included (51) skills divided into five basic skills: creative thinking skills، problem solving، the communication، dealing with others، decision making. Results also included a harezontal integration in the skills of life between the Arabic language and Islamic educationby (38.3%) ، which is high according to the criterion of the study. There is also a horizontal integration in life skills between the Arabic language book and the social and national education guide by (37.7%)، High percentage، and finally the existence of horizontal integration is very weak in the skills of life between the book of Islamic based on education and the huide of social and national education by (24%). The study came out with several recommendation، the most important of which are: Enrichment of the curriculum on the subject of life skills، and their inclusion in an integrative manner baser on a standard of integration developed by the directorate of curriculum. And taking into account problem solving skills during the construction and design of the curriculum.    


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Larraz-Rábanos

Creativity is one of the most appreciated learning skills current the XXI century. The development of creativity has been considered essential in order to achieve an effective and a high-level learning. As different approaches to its study, creativity has been defined as a result, as a process, as a construct derived from the influence of the context and of the experience and as a personality feature of human nature. The aim of this contribution is to explain the study of creativity from the mentioned approaches to achieve a comprehension of such construct. In addition, the focus has been centred on highlight the development of creativity from an educational approach, starting from the description, implication of the use and application of creative strategies in the teaching and learning processes. Finally, a brief description is made of the most important or relevant strategies found in the literature, with emphasis on the incorporation of these strategies in the problem-solving process.


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