A Study of Sixth Graders’ Reasoning Ability, Creativity and Problem-solving Ability through Othello Games

• Main Authors: Huei-Huei Lin, 林慧慧
• Other Authors: Wanchu Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79157604504242788657

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 科學教育碩士學位學程 === 95 === This study was (1) to study sixth graders’ reasoning ability, creativity and problem-solving ability, motivation and attitude by implementing Othello Strategic Lessons (OSL), and (2) to investigate sixth graders’ strategic planning on Othello Class Tournament (OCT). This study was based on quantitative and qualitative data. Two types of experimental design were undertaken: two treatment/control groups’ pretest-posttest design and Solomon four-group design. Research instruments included Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM), Williams Creative Assessment Packet (CAP), Scientific Creativity Examination (SCE), and Problem-solving Ability Test (PSAT). Qualitative data were collected from Feedback Questionnaire, Othello Puzzles Test, teacher’s field note and interviews. The treatment groups (n=76) received OSL as addition lessons in computer class weekly and an OCT was held after the lessons. Each Strategic Lesson took about 15 to 20 minutes and lasted for eight weeks. Students were shown to use Gothello or WZebra software to practice Othello game with peers or play face-to-face after class. The control groups (n=74) received normal computer lessons as curriculum planned. The results revealed: there were significant differences between treatment groups and control groups on total scores of reasoning ability posttest, SPM and creativity posttest, SCE; there was no significant difference on total score of problem-solving ability test posttest, PSAT; after the OSL and OCT, there were certain positive effects on treatment groups’ motivation and attitude toward Othello games; though students’ strategic planning were not as good as experts, they had made good uses of basic strategies of Othello. The researcher suggested enlarging the range of age and area to collect more data, reviewing more references from Japan to deepen the insight of literature review and accumulating more qualitative data to investigate the possibilities of student's mind developing.