Examining the effect of primary education thinking skills curriculum on the creative thinking abilities of gifted female students

IF 3.7 2区教育学 Q1 Social Sciences

Thinking Skills and Creativity Pub Date : 2025-06-24 DOI:10.1016/j.tsc.2025.101908

Ahmed M.Abdulla Alabbasi , Kristen N. Lamb , Selcuk Acar , Jonathan A. Plucker , Ghada M. Alabbasi , Fatima A. Aljasim

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the effects of the Primary Education Thinking Skills (PETS™) curriculum on the development of divergent thinking abilities among gifted female students in primary schools in Bahrain. A quasi-experimental design was implemented with an experimental group and two control groups. The experimental group received 16 lessons on divergent thinking distributed across eight weeks (two lessons per week). Two divergent thinking tests from the Runco Creativity Assessment Battery (r-CAB) were used to assess students’ creative thinking abilities in fluency, flexibility, and originality. The results indicated significant differences favoring the experimental group on measures of fluency, flexibility, and originality, providing evidence the PETS™ activities enhanced the creative thinking abilities of gifted elementary female students. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

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小学教育思维技能课程对资优女学生创造性思维能力的影响研究

在这项研究中，我们调查了小学教育思维技能（PETS™）课程对巴林小学资优女学生发散性思维能力发展的影响。采用准实验设计，设1个实验组和2个对照组。实验组在八周内接受了16节关于发散性思维的课程（每周两节课）。采用Runco创造力评估单元（r-CAB）的两个发散性思维测试来评估学生在流畅性、灵活性和独创性方面的创造性思维能力。结果显示，实验组在流利性、灵活性和独创性方面存在显著差异，证明PETS™活动增强了资优女小学生的创造性思维能力。讨论了局限性和未来发展方向。

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Thinking Skills and Creativity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

16.20%

发文量

172

审稿时长

76 days

期刊介绍： Thinking Skills and Creativity is a new journal providing a peer-reviewed forum for communication and debate for the community of researchers interested in teaching for thinking and creativity. Papers may represent a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches and may relate to any age level in a diversity of settings: formal and informal, education and work-based.