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Cheng, Li; Zhang, Xiaowei; Lin, Junqi; Dong, Yan; Zhang, Jiatong; Tong, Zhuo – School Psychology International, 2023
This study aims to explore the effects of the social-emotional classroom climate on academic achievement in mathematics and literature for elementary students in grades 3 through 6. The research specifically focuses on the indirect role of creative thinking (convergent and divergent thinking). Structural equation modeling techniques were used to…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Classroom Environment, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
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Sun, Cuicui; Zhou, Zhijin; Yu, Quanlei; Gong, Shaoying; Yi, Liu; Cao, Yang – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The present study explores the effect of perceived teacher support on three forms of thinking related to creativity. Tests of convergent thinking (by means of the Remote Associates Test), insight thinking (explored through a brain-teaser test), and divergent thinking (by means of a verbal creativity test) were given to 512 middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Influence, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students
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Shen, Wangbing; Hommel, Bernhard; Yuan, Yuan; Chang, Liu; Zhang, Wei – Creativity Research Journal, 2018
The relationship between risk-taking and creativity is critical to understanding social harmony and innovation. Although some studies have assessed the link between risk-taking and divergent thinking, the association between risk-taking and convergent thinking remains unclear. Two studies were conducted to systemically investigate whether…
Descriptors: Risk, Creativity, Convergent Thinking, Association Measures
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Yuexin Zhang; Sandra Rosen; Meihao Chen; Jianhui Du; Li Cheng; Chang Liu – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of students with visual impairments (VIs) about their classroom environments; the creativity level of students with VIs; and the influence of classroom environments on the development of students' creativity. This study used the "Creative Classroom Environment Scale for School for The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Asians, Visual Impairments
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Goode, Jackie – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
There is in higher education a powerful discourse of "independent learning". While there may be pedagogical rationales to support the desirability of increased independence at the tertiary stage, it may also serve other institutional agendas, such as functioning as a way for academic staff to "manage" the frustrations…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Doctoral Programs, Learning Strategies, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship