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Author(s):  
Supriya Murali ◽  
Barbara Händel

AbstractCreativity, specifically divergent thinking, has been shown to benefit from unrestrained walking. Despite these findings, it is not clear if it is the lack of restriction that leads to the improvement. Our goal was to explore the effects of motor restrictions on divergent thinking for different movement states. In addition, we assessed whether spontaneous eye blinks, which are linked to motor execution, also predict performance. In experiment 1, we compared the performance in Guilford’s alternate uses task (AUT) during walking vs. sitting, and analysed eye blink rates during both conditions. We found that AUT scores were higher during walking than sitting. Albeit eye blinks differed significantly between movement conditions (walking vs. sitting) and task phase (baseline vs. thinking vs. responding), they did not correlate with task performance. In experiment 2 and 3, participants either walked freely or in a restricted path, or sat freely or fixated on a screen. When the factor restriction was explicitly modulated, the effect of walking was reduced, while restriction showed a significant influence on the fluency scores. Importantly, we found a significant correlation between the rate of eye blinks and creativity scores between subjects, depending on the restriction condition. Our study shows a movement state-independent effect of restriction on divergent thinking. In other words, similar to unrestrained walking, unrestrained sitting also improves divergent thinking. Importantly, we discuss a mechanistic explanation of the effect of restriction on divergent thinking based on the increased size of the focus of attention and the consequent bias towards flexibility.


2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Cheng ◽  
Meiling Wang ◽  
Yanru Chen ◽  
Weihua Niu ◽  
Mengfei Hong ◽  
...  

Creativity is an essential factor in ensuring the sustainable development of a society. Improving students’ creativity has gained much attention in education, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education. In a quasi-experimental design, this study examines the effectiveness of a project-based STEAM program on the development of creativity in Chinese elementary school science education. We selected two fourth-graders classes. One received a project-based STEAM program (the experimental group, n = 33), and the other received a conventional science teaching (the control group, n = 33) over 6 weeks. Students’ creativity was assessed before and after the intervention using a multi-method approach, including a test of divergent thinking, a story completion through the Consensus Assessment Technique (CAT), a creative self-efficacy (CSE) measure, and a group-based creative project. Moreover, all students received a test of their science knowledge after the intervention. The results showed that compared with the control group, the creativity of the experimental group students improved significantly for 6 weeks at both individual and group level, even though their knowledge in science were comparable. This result confirmed the effectiveness of a project-based STEAM educational program improving elementary school students’ creativity. Implications are discussed.


Author(s):  
Ben Shofty ◽  
Tal Gonen ◽  
Eyal Bergmann ◽  
Naama Mayseless ◽  
Akiva Korn ◽  
...  

AbstractCreative thinking represents a major evolutionary mechanism that greatly contributed to the rapid advancement of the human species. The ability to produce novel and useful ideas, or original thinking, is thought to correlate well with unexpected, synchronous activation of several large-scale, dispersed cortical networks, such as the default network (DN). Despite a vast amount of correlative evidence, a causal link between default network and creativity has yet to be demonstrated. Surgeries for resection of brain tumors that lie in proximity to speech related areas are performed while the patient is awake to map the exposed cortical surface for language functions. Such operations provide a unique opportunity to explore human behavior while disrupting a focal cortical area via focal electrical stimulation. We used a novel paradigm of individualized direct cortical stimulation to examine the association between creative thinking and the DN. Preoperative resting-state fMRI was used to map the DN in individual patients. A cortical area identified as a DN node (study) or outside the DN (controls) was stimulated while the participants performed an alternate-uses-task (AUT). This task measures divergent thinking through the number and originality of different uses provided for an everyday object. Baseline AUT performance in the operating room was positively correlated with DN integrity. Direct cortical stimulation at the DN node resulted in decreased ability to produce alternate uses, but not in the originality of uses produced. Stimulation in areas that when used as network seed regions produced a network similar to the canonical DN was associated with reduction of creative fluency. Stimulation of areas that did not produce a default-like network (controls) did not alter creative thinking. This is the first study to causally link the DN and creative thinking.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-537
Author(s):  
Naba Nunun Lamhabaha ◽  
Sudi Prayitno ◽  
Muhammad Turmuzi ◽  
Syahrul Azmi

This study aims to determine how the ability of mathematical problem solving in the Cartesian coordinate system material in terms of differences in divergent and convergent thinking patterns in class VIII students in semester 1 of SMP Negeri 1 Kediri in the 2019/2020 academic year. This research is a descriptive study using a quantitative approach. The instruments used in this study were the thinking character questionnaire instrument and the problem solving ability test instrument. The thinking character questionnaire instrument was used to select research samples that met the criteria for divergent thinking and convergent thinking. In this study, 11 students thought divergent and 12 students thought convergent. The problem-solving ability test instrument was used to determine the problem-solving ability of the research sample as measured by Polya's assessment guidelines, namely (1) understanding the questions, (2) planning solutions, (3) solving problems, and (4) checking. The results showed that there was no difference in the average score of problem-solving abilities between students with divergent and convergent thinking patterns, namely 66.19 and 66.73. The only difference lies in the steps each student takes. This shows that different mindsets do not affect a person's ability to solve a problem.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-62
Author(s):  
Husnul Hatimah ◽  
Asmawati Asmawati ◽  
Maeni Maeni ◽  
Yusran Khery ◽  
Khaeruman Khaeruman

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh model pembelajaran Problem Posing dengan Context-Rich Problem terhadap kemampuan berpikir divergen dan kemampuan berpikir konvergen siswa. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen semu (quasy eksperimental) dengan rancangan penelitian posttest-only control group design. Sampel penelitian ini adalah 85 siswa kelas X SMAN 7 Mataram yang dipilih menggunakan teknik purposive sampling yang terbagi dalam 3 kelompok. Kelompok eksperimen I terdiri dari 26 siswa dibelajarkan dengan model pembelajaran Problem Posing dengan Context-Rich Problem, kelompok eksperimen II terdiri dari 29 siswa dibelajarkan dengan model Problem Posing, sedangkan kelompok kontrol terdiri dari 30 siswa dibelajarkan dengan model konvensional dengan Context-Rich Problem. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan lembar observasi keterlaksanaan pembelajaran dan tes kemampuan berpikir divergen dan konvergen. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji varian dua jalur (two way ANOVA). Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa (1) penggunaan model pembelajaran Problem Posing dengan Context-Rich Problem berpengaruh (Fhitung= 4,128 > Ftabel= 3,26) terhadap kemampuan berpikir divergen siswa; (2) skor rata-rata kelompok eksperimen I (mean= 55,38) lebih tinggi dari pada kelompok eksperimen II (mean= 40,91) dan kelompok kontrol (mean= 42,23); (3) penggunaan model pembelajaran Problem Posing dengan Context-Rich Problem tidak berpengaruh (Fhitung= 0,449 < Ftabel= 3,26) terhadap kemampuan berpikir konvergen siswa; (4) skor rata-rata kelompok eksperimen I (mean= 34,5) lebih tinggi dari pada kelompok eksperimen II (mean= 33,25) dan kelompok kontrol (mean= 24,99). Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa model pembelajaran Problem Posing dengan Context-Rich Problem berpengaruh terhadap kemampuan berpikir divergen, namun tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kemampuan berpikir konvergen siswa. The Effect of Problem Posing Model with Context-Rich Problem toward Students’ Divergent and Convergent Thinking Ability Abstract This study aims to determine the effect of the Problem Posing learning model with Context-Rich Problems on students' divergent thinking and convergent thinking abilities. This research is a quasi-experimental research with a posttest-only control group design. The sample of this study was 85 students of class X SMAN 7 Mataram who were selected using a purposive sampling technique which was divided into 3 groups. The experimental group I consisted of 26 students taught with the Problem Posing learning model with Context-Rich Problems, the experimental group II consisted of 29 students taught with the Problem Posing model, while the control group consisted of 30 students taught using the conventional model with the Context-Rich Problem. Data were collected using observation sheets on the implementation of learning and divergent and convergent thinking skills tests. The data analysis technique used a two-way ANOVA test. The results showed that (1) the use of the Problem Posing learning model with Context-Rich Problem had an effect (Fcount = 4.128 > Ftable = 3.26) on students' divergent thinking abilities; (2) the average score of the experimental group I (mean= 55.38) was higher than that of the experimental group II (mean= 40.91) and the control group (mean= 42.23); (3) the use of Problem Posing learning model with Context-Rich Problem has no effect (Fcount = 0.449 < Ftable = 3.26) on students' convergent thinking ability; (4) the average score of the experimental group I (mean= 34.5) was higher than the experimental group II (mean= 33.25) and the control group (mean= 24.99). This study concludes that the Problem Posing learning model with Context-Rich Problems has an effect on divergent thinking skills, but has no significant effect on students' convergent thinking abilities.


Author(s):  
Yuliana Y. Yumashina

The paper is devoted to the study of divergent thinking as one of the structures of intellectual and creative development of primary school children with speech disorders. The methodological foundations of the research problem are analyzed. The tools for the study of divergent thinking for primary school children are selected. The main components of divergent thinking of young schoolchildren in the context of their general intellectual and creative development are highlighted. The concepts of intellectual and creative development, divergent thinking, typology of primary school children with speech disorders are specified. In the course of the study, objective indicators of the development of divergent thinking were obtained, as well as the features of this type of thinking in younger schoolchildren with speech disorders. The author shows the features of divergent thinking of younger students. The results obtained can help teachers in the development and selection of adequate methods and techniques in correctional and developmental work with younger students with speech disorders.


2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 78-99
Author(s):  
A. Al Masri ◽  
T. Krishan ◽  
F. Al Talahin ◽  
S. Almassarweh

Introduction. Divergent thinking strategies are based on brain activity represented by a series of successive and branching questions related to a particular reading text. These strategies stimulate the minds of sixth graders to think of new stimuli such as finding a solution to a specific problem, or making a specific judgment, or predicting future events, which produces new and innovative solutions and achieves a deeper understanding of the target reading text.The present research aims to investigate the impact of divergent thinking strategies in developing reading comprehension skills among sixth-grade students in the English language.Methodology and research methods. The authors used the quasi-experimental approach. A pre-post design was used to identify the effect of employing divergent thinking strategies in developing reading comprehension skills. The study sample consisted of 136 students, who were selected purposefully and distributed into two groups: experimental and control groups. Students in experimental group were taught using divergent thinking strategies. Students in control group were taught in the usual way.Results and scientific novelty. The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) found statistically significant differences between the two groups in favour of the experimental group in achievement. In addition, significant differences were found in the Motivation for Learning English between the two groups. It was found that divergent thinking strategies stimulate students’ thinking through various questions and allow them to look at their familiar knowledge with a new vision, to produce and generate new ideas with creative features.Practical significance. The current study is useful in determining the appropriate reading comprehension skills for students, and targeting them in developing these skills. This research also draws the attention of teachers to the importance of including strategies compatible with the brain, including divergent thinking strategies, when planning reading lessons. As for the educational supervisors, it puts in their hand’s strategies based on the theory of learning in the brain, including the divergent thinking strategies and how to employ them in reading lessons in order to develop reading comprehension. Moreover, these research materials can be employed by mentors in directing teachers to depart from the framework of traditional methods through the use of divergent thinking strategies in their classroom teaching practices.


Author(s):  
Paweł Piepiora ◽  
Damian Kwiatkowski ◽  
Justyna Bagińska ◽  
Dimitris Agouridas

Research on personality in sport is very popular as it allows prediction of the behavior of players in the starting situation. Hence, verifications of players due to their sports level may turn out to be crucial. Due to the dynamic development of American football in Poland, we undertook research to verify the relationship between the sports level and the personality of these players. The Big Five personality study that we carried out involved players aged from 20 to 29—the representatives of American football clubs in Poland (N = 140) from three league games levels: LFA 1 (n = 75), LFA 2 (n = 40), and LFA 9 (n = 25). The NEO-FFI personality questionnaire was used as a research tool. The players from the top-level games were characterized by their openness to experience, the level of which decreases along with the decrease in the players’ sports levels. The differences in openness to experience were revealed, first of all, in divergent thinking and creativity. It was ascertained that openness to experience is a characteristic personality trait for American football players in Poland. Therefore, systematic conduct of personality tests among American football players in Poland, in the process of selecting candidates for the highest levels of football competition, would be recommended. This might significantly affect the development of the sports level of this discipline in Poland. The obtained results of research on personality may, moreover, prove to be useful in selecting players and improving the predictions of important sports behaviors in American football in Poland.


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