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Gridos, Panagiotis; Avgerinos, Evgenios; Mamona-Downs, Joanna; Vlachou, Roza – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
The present study aims to examine mathematical creativity in students' work in geometry. Research conducted was based on two aspects: (a) examining the influence of geometrical figure apprehension on the production of multiple solutions and (b) how the necessity to construct auxiliary lines in the given shape promotes the production of multiple…
Descriptors: Creativity, Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Grade 10
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Keles, Taliha – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Creativity and creative problem-solving are seen as the most important components of education today. This situation reveals the need to identify students' creative problem-solving characteristics. This study, it was aimed to examine the creative problem-solving characteristics of gifted and non-gifted students in terms of giftedness diagnosis,…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Creativity, Academically Gifted, Gender Differences
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Korsun, Igor – Physics Education, 2019
This article is aimed at justifying sensible use of inventive tasks in physics teaching. The justification will encourage teachers to form learners' creative thinking; in particular, the course of physics has the great potential for forming learners' creative thinking. Being adapted to the course of physics, the basic stages to solve inventive…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Physics, Science Instruction, Creative Thinking
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Tong, Duong Huu; Loc, Nguyen Phu; Uyen, Bui Phuong; Cuong, Pham Hung – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Methods of education in schools should promote students' activeness, self-awareness, initiative and creativity; be suitable with the characteristics of each class and subject; foster self-study methods, ability to work in groups, practice skills to apply knowledge into practice, and impact emotions to bring joy as well as excitement to students.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Experiential Learning, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Palatnik, Alik; Koichu, Boris – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2019
This study aims to explore a phenomenon of a one-off manifestation of mathematical creativity on the part of a student, against the background of her normative and not especially creative behavior--a flash of creativity. We seek to elaborate on this phenomenon in terms of the 4P (person, press, process and product) model of creativity. Namely,…
Descriptors: Creativity, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Personality Traits
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Tambunan, Hardi – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2019
The purpose of this study was to find out more effective teaching among problem solving strategy with a scientific approach to students' mathematical abilities in high order thinking skills. This quasi experimental study used non-equivalent pretest-posttest control group design. The experimental group was students who were taught with problem…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills
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Ulger, Kani – Arts Education Policy Review, 2019
What is the link between art and creativity? The purpose of this study was to determine the role of art education in creative thinking. A causal-comparative research design was used. Arts and science high school students (N = 162) participated. Results showed that creative thinking in visual arts students in Grade 10 with high scores differed…
Descriptors: Art Education, Science Education, Creative Thinking, High School Students
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Toraman, Çetin; Karadag, Engin – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2018
The aim of this research is to examine the effects of various variables (cognitive flexibility, school achievement, physics course success, gender, popularity, family income level) and communication that occur between students in the problem solving process of the high school students. The research, which was designed according to the mixed…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Discourse Analysis, High School Students, Peer Relationship
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Leikin, Roza; Leikin, Mark; Paz-Baruch, Nurit; Waisman, Ilana; Lev, Miri – High Ability Studies, 2017
In order to achieve the present study's goal--to understand better the phenomenon of mathematical giftedness--we performed a multidimensional examination of the mental processing in students who exhibited mathematical expertise (EM) at the secondary school level. The study included participants from the three groups: students who excelled in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Processes, Secondary School Students
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Nyet Moi Siew; Henry Goh; Fauziah Sulaiman – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2016
This research was conducted to evaluate the learning experience of Grade Ten students from two Malaysian rural secondary schools that adopted the integration of STEM in an Engineering Design Process (STEM-EDP) approach vis-á-vis an outreach challenge program. A total of 89 students undertook a ten hour program which engaged them in designing and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering Education, Design, Learning Experience
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Meyer, Kimberly; Wurdinger, Scott – Journal of Educational Issues, 2016
This research aimed to examine students' perceptions of their life skills while attending project-based learning (PBL) schools. The study focused on three questions including: (1) What are students' perceptions of their development of life skills in project-based learning schools?; (2) In what ways, if any, do students perceive an increase in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Daily Living Skills, Student Projects, Skill Development
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Levav-Waynberg, Anat; Leikin, Roza – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2012
The article demonstrates that multiple solution tasks (MSTs) in the context of geometry can serve as a research instrument for evaluating geometry knowledge and creativity. Geometry knowledge is evaluated based on the correctness and connectedness of solutions, whereas creativity is evaluated based on a combination of fluency, flexibility, and…
Descriptors: Geometry, Creativity, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction