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The Relationships between Grade, Residence Area, Birth Order, Constructive Thinking, Emotional Competence and Pupils¡¦ Technological CreativityLi, Ya-I 20 August 2003 (has links)
The Relationships between Grade, Residence Area, Birth Order, Constructive Thinking, Emotional Competence and Pupils¡¦ Technological Creativity
Ya-I Li
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between grade, residence area, birth order, constructive thinking, emotional competence and fifth to sixth graders¡¦ performance on technological creativity.
The participants included 903 fifth and sixth graders from elementary schools in Taipei City, Kaohsiung City, and Penghu County. The employed instruments were The Constructive Thinking Inventory, The Questionnaire of Emotional Competence, and The Test of Technological Creativity. The applied analysis methods were Descriptive, One-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance, One-way Analysis of Variance, and Multiple Enter Regression. The main findings in this study were as follows:
1. The sixth graders outperformed the fifth graders on the test of technological creativity.
2. Pupils living in urban areas had higher technological creativity than their counterparts in rural areas.
3. The first-born children outperformed the later-born children on the test of technological creativity.
4. Constructive thinking had no significant effects on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
5. Emotional competence had positive influences on the pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
6. Grade, residence area, birth order, and emotional competence could effectively predict the pupils¡¦ technological creativity.
Finally, some suggestions were proposed for educational authorities, teachers, parents and the future research.
Keywords: grade, residence area, birth order, constructive thinking, emotional competence, technological creativity
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