The Relationships between Gender, Birth Order, Family Structure, Emotion, Creative Personalities
and Technological Creativity of Fifth Graders
Pei-jen Chang
Abstract
The main purposes of this study were (a) to investigate the differences of fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity in different induced moods; and (b) to explore the relationships between gender, birth order, family structure, emotional straits, creative personalities and the fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity.
An unequal group pretest-posttest design was employed in this study. The participants consisted of 3 classes of fifth graders, randomly distributed into 3 groups: the experimental group A (n = 42) which received positive mood induction, the experimental group B (n = 33) which received negative mood induction, and the controlled group (n = 38) which didn¡¦t received any treatment.
The employed instruments were The Questionnaire of Emotional Traits, The Questionnaire of Emotional States, The Inventory of Personal Traits to The Development of Technological Creativity, and The Test of Technological Creativity. The applied analysis methods were Descriptives, Multiple Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Covariance, and Canonical Correlation.
The findings and conclusions of this study were as follows:
1.Induced positive moods were a better facilitator for the fifth graders¡¦ performance on technological creativity than induced negative moods as well as neutral moods.
2.Positive emotional traits were able to promote the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products.
3.Gender differences in the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance were evident. While the boys¡¦ abilities to combine technological concepts were better than the girls¡¦, but their abilities to invent creative products were worse than the girls¡¦.
4.Birth order and family structure had no significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance.
5.Personal traits had significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products. Among all personal traits, ¡§knowledge¡¨ had the most significant effect on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance.
6.Gender, birth order, family structure, mood, emotional traits, and creative personalities had significant correlations, and gender had the highest correlation with technological creativity of the fifth graders.
Finally, some suggestions were proposed for teachers, relative educational institutions, parents and further study.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0121103-144423 |
| Date | 21 January 2003 |
| Creators | Chang, Pei-jen |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0121103-144423 |
| Rights | off_campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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