Title :
Effectivity analysis of approaches to creativity education for engineering students
Author :
Jiyoung Han ; Sung-Hui Kim
Author_Institution :
Innovation Center for Eng. Educ., Deajin Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the educational methods used in creativity enhancement classes. These are the independent and integrated approach method. For investigation, the changes in the participants before and after the Creative Engineering Design and Creative Thinking Training classes in the Engineering Department were analyzed using the TTCT creativity test. Participants in the Creative Thinking Training class showed more statistically significant increases in their scores for the detailed categories of Fluency and Abstractness of title. Thus, the independent approach method was found to be more effective in enhancing the creativity of engineering students.
Keywords :
cognition; educational courses; engineering education; statistical analysis; training; TTCT creativity test; creative engineering design class; creative thinking training class; creativity education approach effectivity analysis; educational method effectiveness; engineering department; engineering student creativity enhancement classes; independent integrated approach method; statistical analysis; title abstractness; title fluency; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Problem-solving; Resistance; Standards; Training; Creativity; Independent approach method; Integrated approach method; TTCT;
Conference_Titel :
Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bali
DOI :
10.1109/TALE.2013.6654449