THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CREATIVE REVERSAL ACT (CREACT) ON STUDENTS’ CREATIVE THINKING: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY

ABSTRACT

CREACT is a teaching tool that was developed based on the Janusian process and it can be used to improve students’ creative thinking performance. Depending on the evidence of previous research which was carried out in language arts, it is found that CREACT is effective in improving students’ creative thinking abilities. The purpose of this research study was to investigate the effectiveness of CREACT on students’ creative thinking in drawing arts. The one group pretest-posttest design was used to carry out this research study. Nine lessons, including nine different concepts for each lesson, were designed and instructed by using CREACT during students’ free time activities classes in a three week period. Participants were twenty-three 5^th grade students from a public primary school. Findings indicated that CREACT is effective on developing students’ creative thinking performance in drawing arts.