The Effects of STS-Infusion Instruction in Science on Fifth Graders¡¦ Learning Attitude, Critical Thinking, and Technological Creativity Abstract The main objectives of this study were to explore (a) the effects of STS-infusing instruction in science on learning attitude, critical thinking, and technological creativity; and (b) the relationships among learning attitude, critical thinking, and technological creativity. An unequal group pretest-posttest design was employed in this study. Eight fifth-grade classes of a public elementary school in Taina were selected based on purposive sampling. The participants were divided into the experimental group (n = 79 ) and the control group (n = 78 ). The experimental group received a twelve¡Vweek STS-Infusion instruction in the subject of Science, while the control group received regular instruction. The employed instruments included The Test of Technological Creativity, Critical Thinking Test¡XLevel I, The Questionnaire of Learning Attitude on Science, and the Questionnaire of Teaching Feedback. The analysis methods included Descriptive Statistics, t-test, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Univariate Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Covariance, and Multiple Stepwise Regression. The main findings in this study were: (a) the STS-Infusion Instruction had significant effects on upgrading the fifth graders¡¦ learning attitude toward Science; (b) the STS-Infusion Instruction did not have significant effects on improving the fifth graders¡¦ critical-thinking abilities; (c) the STS-Infusion Instruction had significant effects on improving the fifth graders¡¦ technological creativity; (d) students with different level of learning attitude toward Science did not perform differently on technological creativity; (e) students with different level of critical-thinking abilities did not perform differently on technological creativity; and (f) the STS instruction, critical-thinking abilities, and learning attitude toward Science could effectively predict the fifth graders¡¦ technological creativity. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for educational authorities, teachers, and future researchers.

Submitted by SBI Biblioteca Digital (sbi.bibliotecadigital@puc-campinas.edu.br) on 2018-05-04T17:20:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 ISABEL CRISTINA CAMELO DE ABREU.pdf: 1527148 bytes, checksum: 57b489971932bbea5f08596a31e75a5e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-04T17:20:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ISABEL CRISTINA CAMELO DE ABREU.pdf: 1527148 bytes, checksum: 57b489971932bbea5f08596a31e75a5e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-23 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa ? CNPq / Nowadays, the investigation of the creative potential is of extreme importance, not restricting itself in only one area. Creativity, for its positive aspects, has become an aim for scientific studies in various areas, such as schools, organizational environment and on the entire social environment. The objective with this study, was to investigate the relation between styles of thinking and creating and the psychological well being, emotional and social on elder age stress. The sample was obtained from 123 elders with the minimum age of 50 years old and the maximum age of 90 (M=68,35; DP=7,4). The instruments used were the scale of thinking and creating, the scale of noticed stress, the scale of positive mental health and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Analyses of the non-parametric correlations (? de Spearman) were used to investigate the relationship between styles of thinking and creating and health variables, well being and stress conducted a network of regularized partial correlations to identify the most relevant relationship between the variables. The results identified that the styles which were more relatable to other variables were the inconformist-transformer style and emotional-intuition style. The data pointed that this research needs more studies on styles of thinking styles and creating and well being between the elderly population to better clarify how the styles influence the quality of life in maturity / A investiga??o do potencial criativo na atualidade ? de suma import?ncia, n?o se restringindo a uma ?rea somente. A criatividade, por seus aspectos positivos, tem se tornado alvo de estudos cient?ficos em diversas ?reas, como escolas, no ambiente organizacional e em todo meio social. Objetivou-se, com este estudo, investigar a rela??o entre os estilos de pensar e criar e o bem-estar psicol?gico, emocional e social e o estresse na terceira idade. A amostra foi composta por 123 idosos, com idade m?nima de 50 anos e idade m?xima de 90 (M=68,35; DP=7,4). Os instrumentos utilizados foram a Escala de Pensar e Criar, a Escala de Estresse Percebido, a Escala de Sa?de Mental Positiva e o Question?rio sociodemogr?fico. An?lises de correla??o n?o param?tricas (? de Spearman) foram utilizadas para investigar as rela??es entre os estilos de pensar e criar e vari?veis de sa?de, bemestar e estresse. Foi conduzida uma rede de correla??es parciais regularizadas para identificar as rela??es mais relevantes entre as vari?veis. Os resultados indicam que os estilos que mais se relacionaram com as vari?veis de sa?de, satisfa??o de sa?de e estresse s?o os estilos inconformista-transformador e emocional-intuitivo. Os dados apontados nesta pesquisa necessitam de mais estudos sobre o estilo de pensar e criar e os tipos de bem-estar entre o p?blico idoso para melhor esclarecer como os estilos influenciam a qualidade de vida na maturidade.