In the future, there would happen various, complex and new problems. Hence it needs the ability which can solve the problems actively with applying suitable informations.
The existing school education wants students to think convergently as matching o...
In the future, there would happen various, complex and new problems. Hence it needs the ability which can solve the problems actively with applying suitable informations.
The existing school education wants students to think convergently as matching one answer to one question. But this present situation is weak to improve the ability for changes of future society. It is essential that divergent thinking approach the problems with various ways to solve it.
Hence in this study, it is used that science instruction which PBL(Problem Based Learning) with inhibited and creative thinking not convergent thinking in traditional method. And it will demonstrate the theory that this way can give the student to improve their creative thinking and creative trait or not.
The hypotheses of the study are as follows:
First, the group of PBL science class will improve creative thinking than group of general science class.
Second, the group of PBL science class will improve creative trait than group of general science class.
To verify this, experimental study is conducted. Students who live in Namwon and 5th grades were divided into one comparison group and one experimental group. PBL which is developed by researcher based on John R. Savery and Thomas M. Duffy's theory was applied to experimental group. This study
consists of pre-post hetero- group test, that contains 'creative thinking test ' and ' creative trait test ' .
The results are as follows:
First, students of experimental group made significant progress in creative thinking.
Second, students of experimental group made significant progress in creative trait.
In conclusion, PBL in science teaching gave positive effects on improving students' creative ability and self-control in learning and active participation when solving the problem independently.