Creativity Research Journal · 2015 · 32 citations · 11 references
ManagementEducational PsychologyHuman DevelopmentCognitive DevelopmentCognitive PsychologyCreativityCreative CognitionCreative ProcessCreativity DevelopmentVisual ThinkingAge-related Creativity DifferencesCreative Thinking DevelopmentEarly PubertyHolistic CognitionHolistic ThinkingNarrative TechniquesStudent CreativityVerbal Creativity
The study aimed to examine the structure of students’ creative thinking in visual and verbal domains. The authors assessed 7th‑grade Turkish students using the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking in its figural and verbal forms. Results showed a significant, though modest, correlation between visual and verbal creative thinking, gender differences, and a holistic yet flexible structure, indicating that balanced visual and verbal instructional techniques can effectively foster students’ creativity.
The main purpose of this study was to study the structure of creative thinking of students in visual and verbal areas. The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking Figural and Verbal forms were used. The participants were Turkish elementary school 7th grade students (M = 13 years, range = 12–14 years). The findings indicated that the relationship between visual and verbal areas of creative thinking of students were statistically significant and meaningful. Additionally, gender differences were statistically significant and meaningful. The results indicate that the structure of creative thinking of students is holistic in early puberty age, at least in terms of visual and verbal areas of creative thinking. However, the holistic structure of students' creative thinking has flexible character regarding to low (r = .25) level of relationship between visual and verbal areas. This result suggests that the visual and verbal materials can be used with presentation and narrative techniques in balanced education activities for the development of students' creative thinking effectively.
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