A Study of Creativity and Attraction Toward School of Third Grade Students in Four Elementary Schools of Different Physical and Conceptual Design

Author

Arthur Deans Barrett Jr.

Publication Date

7-10-1973

Abstract

Since there is evidence that the development of creative thinking lies at the core of achieving the most fundamental educational objectives, needed research should be undertaken to determine more concisely its relationship with different learning environments. The purpose of this study was to determine what difference in student creative behavior, if any, existed after two years of exposure in each of four different learning environments. An additional purpose was to determine whether student expressed attraction toward school is significantly related to the objectively quantified measures of creativity. Four elementary schools with similar populations were selected for sampling. Their different physical and conceptual designs were defined as being open concept, open space, conventional, and bilingual. Third grade from each school were tested with the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Figural Form B. The Attraction Toward School Indicator was developed by the investigator and was administered to the same groups of students. Statistical analysis indicated a capacity of the open space school and, to a lesser degree, the bilingual school for producing superior feelings of attraction toward school. The data also pointed to the conclusion that the open concept school was the most effective in developing creativity. Creativity and attraction toward school were not found to be significantly related in the population under consideration.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

David Wayne Darling

Second Committee Member

Richard F. Tonigan

Third Committee Member

Earl M. Douglas

Fourth Committee Member

John Montayne Batcheller

Recommended Citation

Barrett, Arthur Deans Jr.. "A Study of Creativity and Attraction Toward School of Third Grade Students in Four Elementary Schools of Different Physical and Conceptual Design." (1973). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/educ_teelp_etds/455