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A Comparative study British and Thai undergraduates in
Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
Fisik Sean Buakanok, Faculty of Education ,
Thailand
IntroductionChild's creativity can be either strongly encouraged or discouraged by early experiences at home and in school
(Einon D 2002).
emotionally
socially
physically
mentally
Research Question
Asian teenager who have strict culture to obey the elders would be creative thinking lower than the western teenagers who high flexibility or not?
A Comparative study British and Thai undergraduates
in Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
Einon D, (2002).
Runco, Mark A.& Robert S. Albert, (2004 ).
S.R. Smith & L. Handler, (2007).
Taylor & Francis, (2004).
Asian
Western
EAST
WEST
Procedure of Study
Fluency
Elaboration Flexibility
Originality
Torrance(1974)
TestTestThe Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
Research Instruments.
Sample of the study
25 students,
Faculty of Computer science,
University of Hertfordshire, UK.
25 students, Faculty of Computer science, Rajamangala University, Thailand
Research Instruments
The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking-Figural. (TTCT-Figural), the TTCT Verbal-Figural is formally titled “Thinking Creatively with Pictures” It consists of three activities; Picture Construction, Picture Completion, and Repeated Figures of Lines or Circles. Ten minutes are required to complete each activity.
Results
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Fluency Flexibility Originality Elaboration
Asian
Western
The creativity results compared between Asia and Western showed that the Western’s mean scores of Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, and Elaboration were higher than Asia’s mean scores at the statistic significant of level .05.
conclusion
The findings of this research tend to shown a difference on the fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Thus, it can be concluded that the learning environment between Asia and western can be the main aspects of creative thinking. This section will discuss which effective on the two places above, considering the present approaches and the results of the studies.
Discussion
Western AsianWestern Thai
confront a problem
ElaborationFluency Matt Armstrong, 2008
Discussion
Western
Queue when waiting
Elaboration
Thai
Discussion
Western
How to Express Anger
Originality
Thai
Discussion
Western
punctuality
Elaboration
Thai
Discussion
Western
Sense of self
OriginalityFluency
Thai
Discussion
Western
Status of Leader
Flexibility
Thai
Discussion
Western
Weekend Activities
OriginalityFlexibility
Matt Armstrong, 2008
OriginalityFlexibility
Thai
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