The Effect of Problem-Solving Instruction on Children's Creativity and Self-Efficacy in the Teaching of the Practical Arts Subject

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Title: The Effect of Problem-Solving Instruction on Children's Creativity and Self-Efficacy in the Teaching of the Practical Arts Subject
Language: English
Authors: Chung, Namyong, Ro, Gyoung-sug
Source: Journal of Technology Studies. Spr 2004 30(2):116-122.
Availability: Epsilon Pi Tau. International Office, Technology Building, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0296. Tel: 419-372-2425; Fax: 419-372-9502; e-mail: ept@bgsu.edu; Web site: http://eptglobal.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2004
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 3
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Creativity, Self Efficacy, Problem Solving, Practical Arts, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing
Geographic Terms: South Korea
ISSN: 1071-6084
Abstract: Practical arts is a subject that not only promotes learners' better understanding of work in their daily lives, but also enables them to find ways to solve work-related problems by fostering basic skills and attitudes necessary for performing the work. The teaching of practical arts as a subject should be focused on developing creativity and self-efficacy by the active employment of scientific thinking through the activity-centered decision-making process. Plus, the teaching of the practical arts subject must be conducted according to the problem-solving model. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on children's creativity and self-efficacy by applying problem-solving instruction in practical arts education and to show how this is reflected in the literature of problem-solving learning. The following delineations are the specific objectives used to achieve this purpose: (1) identify the effects of problem-solving instruction on the development of children's creativity; and (2) identify the effects of problem-solving instruction on the children's self-efficacy. This study shows the progress of creativity and self-efficacy in the experimental and control groups after the experimental group received problem-solving instruction and the control group received typical instruction (i.e., without the problem-solving emphasis). The findings reflect several significant differences between the typical instruction group and the group with the problem-solving component. Conclusions and recommendations based on the findings of this study are presented. (Contains 1 figure and 12 tables.)
Abstractor: ERIC
Number of References: 10
Entry Date: 2010
Accession Number: EJ905134
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Practical arts is a subject that not only promotes learners' better understanding of work in their daily lives, but also enables them to find ways to solve work-related problems by fostering basic skills and attitudes necessary for performing the work. The teaching of practical arts as a subject should be focused on developing creativity and self-efficacy by the active employment of scientific thinking through the activity-centered decision-making process. Plus, the teaching of the practical arts subject must be conducted according to the problem-solving model. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects on children's creativity and self-efficacy by applying problem-solving instruction in practical arts education and to show how this is reflected in the literature of problem-solving learning. The following delineations are the specific objectives used to achieve this purpose: (1) identify the effects of problem-solving instruction on the development of children's creativity; and (2) identify the effects of problem-solving instruction on the children's self-efficacy. This study shows the progress of creativity and self-efficacy in the experimental and control groups after the experimental group received problem-solving instruction and the control group received typical instruction (i.e., without the problem-solving emphasis). The findings reflect several significant differences between the typical instruction group and the group with the problem-solving component. Conclusions and recommendations based on the findings of this study are presented. (Contains 1 figure and 12 tables.)
ISSN:1071-6084