The Investigation of the Relationship between Teachers’ Creative Thinking Tendencies and Individual Innovativeness Characteristics

Aims: This study sought to explore the moderating role of gender in the relationship between creative thinking and academic performance in English Language and Mathematics among Junior High School students in the Aboom Circuit, Cape Coast. Study Design: The design for the study is correlational espousing the quantitative approach. The study was guided by two research hypotheses, which were tested using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation and Andrew F. Hayes Moderation Process. The instruments for the data collection were Kumar, Kemmler and Holman (1997) Creativity Styles Questionnaire-Revised (CSQ-R) and standardised-type test developed by experts in the various subject areas. Results: The study revealed significant relationship between creative thinking and academic performance of students (English Language: r=.432, n=140, p=0.05, p=.003, 2-tailed; Mathematics: r=.401, n=140 p=0.05, p=0.000, 2-talied). The study further revealed that gender moderated significantly in the relationship between creativity and academic performance (English Language: b=-.276, t=-2.398, CI= -.485, -.088; Mathematics: b=-.300, t=-2.198, CI= -.564, -.070). As such, male respondents had higher creative thinking effect in English Language and Mathematics than female respondents (b=.371, t=4.608, CI [.212, .530; b=.219, t=2.286, CI [.030, .407]). Conclusion: Creative thinking indeed relates to performance, as such, it was recommended that creative thinking should be nurtured among all students in J.H.S. In addition, stakeholders in education should consider including creative thinking in the curriculum and pay special attention to nurturing creative think in female students so that they could match up with their male counterparts.

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Let’s do the Math… About Creativity and Mathematical Reasoning: A Correlational Study in Primary School Children

10.31219/osf.io/54yx8 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Elide Vanutelli ◽

Giulia Pirovano ◽

Chiara Esposto ◽

Claudio Lucchiari

Keyword(s):

Primary School ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Mathematical Reasoning ◽

Third Graders ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Mathematical Skills ◽

Mathematical Performance ◽

Performance Results ◽

The Relationship ◽

Speed And Accuracy

Mathematics, being a very ancient discipline, is usually seen as a formal subject that must be learned for school purposes, which is very far from creativity and fun. Also, mathematical skills are often considered a talent, so students are easily divided into gifted and not gifted, with a focus on speed and accuracy rather than encouraging the process of juggling between divergent and convergent thinking. In the present paper, we aimed at investigating the relationship between mathematical reasoning and different aspects of creative thinking, such as divergent and convergent creativity, aesthetic appreciation, and humor. To do so, 146 second and third graders in a primary school in Milan have been recruited and tested with mathematical and creative tasks. Correlational analyses showed significant positive relations between flexibility and originality dimensions of creativity and mathematical performance. Results are discussed by providing a theoretical framework about the relation between mathematics and creative skills.

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Exploring Neural Signal Complexity as a Potential Link between Creative Thinking, Intelligence, and Cognitive Control

Journal of Intelligence ◽

10.3390/jintelligence9040059 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 59

Author(s):

Yadwinder Kaur ◽

Selina Weiss ◽

Changsong Zhou ◽

Rico Fischer ◽

Andrea Hildebrandt

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Control ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Divergent Thinking ◽

Crystallized Intelligence ◽

Multi Scale ◽

Common Basis ◽

Multiple Neural Networks ◽

Potential Link ◽

Signal Complexity ◽

The Relationship

Functional connectivity studies have demonstrated that creative thinking builds upon an interplay of multiple neural networks involving the cognitive control system. Theoretically, cognitive control has generally been discussed as the common basis underlying the positive relationship between creative thinking and intelligence. However, the literature still lacks a detailed investigation of the association patterns between cognitive control, the factors of creative thinking as measured by divergent thinking (DT) tasks, i.e., fluency and originality, and intelligence, both fluid and crystallized. In the present study, we explored these relationships at the behavioral and the neural level, based on N = 77 young adults. We focused on brain-signal complexity (BSC), parameterized by multi-scale entropy (MSE), as measured during a verbal DT and a cognitive control task. We demonstrated that MSE is a sensitive neural indicator of originality as well as inhibition. Then, we explore the relationships between MSE and factor scores indicating DT and intelligence. In a series of across-scalp analyses, we show that the overall MSE measured during a DT task, as well as MSE measured in cognitive control states, are associated with fluency and originality at specific scalp locations, but not with fluid and crystallized intelligence. The present explorative study broadens our understanding of the relationship between creative thinking, intelligence, and cognitive control from the perspective of BSC and has the potential to inspire future BSC-related theories of creative thinking.

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Connecting the Dots

Collective Creativity for Responsible and Sustainable Business Practice - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1823-5.ch002 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 26-41

Author(s):

Olajumoke Ogunsanya

Keyword(s):

Creative Thinking ◽

Business Practices ◽

Business Organizations ◽

Sustainable Business ◽

Term Survival ◽

Collective Creativity ◽

Connecting The Dots ◽

Creativity And Innovation ◽

The Relationship

Calls for businesses to act with concern for the environment and society create new operating scenarios in which sustainability concerns must be taken into consideration along with the primary objectives of profitability and competitiveness. These additional obligations contribute to dynamism of the marketplace and make it important for businesses to draw on creativity and innovation to find connections between the unrelated in order to establish new efficiencies that can create competitive advantage and differentiation in the environment they find themselves. The central theme of this chapter is how bisociation informs collective creativity and innovation, and influences sustainability for business organizations competing in an environment that is in a permanent state of flux. This chapter trails a series of concepts to find the relationship between the concept of bisociation, collective creativity and sustainable business practices. The aim is to show how consistent creative thinking and exploration of information in different spaces of thought can proffer innovative solutions organizations require for their long term survival and prosperity.

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The Associations Between Computational Thinking and Creativity: The Role of Personal Characteristics

Journal of Educational Computing Research ◽

10.1177/0735633120940954 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 (8) ◽

pp. 1415-1447 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rotem Israel-Fishelson ◽

Arnon Hershkovitz ◽

Andoni Eguíluz ◽

Pablo Garaizar ◽

Mariluz Guenaga

Keyword(s):

Creative Thinking ◽

Computational Thinking ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Computational Creativity ◽

Game Based Learning ◽

School Students ◽

Log Files ◽

The Relationship ◽

Shed Light

Computational Thinking (CT) and creativity are considered two vital skills for the 21st century that should be incorporated into future curricula around the world. We studied the relationship between these two constructs while focusing on learners’ personal characteristics. Two types of creativity were examined: creative thinking and computational creativity. The research was conducted among 174 middle school students from Spain. Data collected using a standardized creativity test (Torrance's TTCT) were triangulated with data drawn from students' log files that documented their activity in a game-based learning environment for CT (Kodetu). We found some interesting associations between CT and the two constructs of creativity. These associations shed light on positive associations between each of the two creativity constructs and CT acquisition, as well as between the two creativity constructs themselves. Additionally, we highlight differences between boys and girls, as girls were found to be more creative on both creativity measures. Other differences associated with school affiliation, prior coding knowledge, and technology affinity are also discussed.

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Moderating Effect of Self-Esteem on the Relationship between Perfectionism and Creative Thinking among Collegiate Dancers

Creativity Research Journal ◽

10.1080/10400419.2019.1606620 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 188-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chien-Chih Chou ◽

Mei-Yao Huang ◽

Tzu-Wen Lin ◽

Frank Jing-Horng Lu ◽

Yi-Hsiang Chiu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Creative Thinking ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

The Relationship

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The relationship between personality traits and vocational interests

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ◽

10.4102/sajip.v28i1.43 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gideon P. De Bruin

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Creative Thinking ◽

Social Contact ◽

Vocational Interests ◽

Career Counselling ◽

Personality Factor ◽

The Arts ◽

Personality Factor Questionnaire ◽

The Relationship ◽

Extension Analysis

This This study examined the relationship between vocational interests and basic personality traits. The interest fields of the 19-Field-Interest Inventory were related to the second order factors of the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire by means of a factor extension analysis. The results showed that extroverts tend to be interested in fields related to social contact and the influencing of other people. Emotionally sensitive individuals tend to be interested in the arts and languages. Independent individuals tend to be interested in creative thinking. The implications of the findings for career counselling are discussed. Opsomming Hierdie studie het ondersoek ingestel na die verband tussen beroepsbelangstellings en basiese persoonlikheidstrekke. Die 19 belangstellingsvelde van die 19-Veld-belangstellings-vraelys is aan die hand van ’n faktorverlengingsontleding met die tweede orde faktore van die 16-Persoonlikheids-faktorvraelys in verband gebring. Die resultate dui daarop dat ekstroverte geneig is omin veldewat sosiale kontak en die beinvloeding vanmense behels, belang te stel. Emosioneel sensitiewe individue is geneig om in kunssinnge en taal verwante velde belang te stel. Onafhanklike individue is geneig om in kreatiewe denke belang te stel. Die implikasies van die resultate vir loopbaanvoorligting word bespreek.

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