Study on Integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into Creative Problem-Solving Teaching for Elementary School Students

• Main Authors: WU,JIM-MING, 吳俊明
• Other Authors: 劉明洲
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81751352028422801832

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 科學教育研究所 === 98 === Integrating information and communication technology (ICT) into the teaching in classroom is a widespread tendency among the world. This study aims to compare the impact of “traditional teaching” and “creative problem-solving ICT” on the creativity of elementary students. The term “creative problem-solving ICT” is to instruct learners the ability of solving problem creatively with the supplement of ICT. We adapted the quasi-experimental research method for this study, and divided 66 sixth-grade elementary school students into two groups - the experimental group (N=33) and the control group (N=33). The whole experimental duration lasted 10 weeks in a total of 45 class sessions. The research tools are inclusive of “open questions for scientific creativity,” “the questionnaire of creative problem-solving ICT,” “web-based experimental platform” and “semi-structured interview”. Both groups received the pre-test of “open questions for scientific creativity” before the experiment. After the experiment, they both received a post-test of “open questions for scientific creativity” and “semi-structured interview”; while only the experimental group took “the questionnaire of creative problem-solving ICT.” All the above results were computed using SPSS to examine the independent sample t-test and the one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance). The following conclusions were reached: (1) students in the experimental group performed better in the pre-test of “the open question of science creativity” than those in the control group. (2) students in the experiment group displayed highly expressional fluency, flexibility and creativity than the control group students. (3) the experiment group students held positive attitudes toward ICT learning environment on “the questionnaire of creative pro blem-solving ICT”. Therefore, the creative problem-solving ICT appears to be an appropriate method for improving the ability to solve creative problems.