EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES BASED ON EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION STRATEGY FOR ENHANCING CREATIVITY AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS By Prakash Alex[1]

July 1, 2013 Publisher 0 Comments

Abstract

The present study enlightens the importance of innovative strategies adopted for teaching and learning and for the enhancement of certain psychological variables such as personality, interest, creativity and attitude. This study revealed that Explicit Instruction strategy group performed slightly better than Conventional Issue Based Method on the attainment in Creativity. And also when comparing the categories of Creativity; Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration, it is seen that Explicit Instruction strategy enhances Fluency, Flexibility, Originality and Elaboration objectives of Creativity shows marked growth than the Conventional Issue Based method. Hence it is recommended that this Explicit Instruction strategy is more effective than Conventional Issue based Method for enhancing the Creativity among the Higher Secondary school students.

Research Scholar, School of Pedagogical Sciences, MG University, Kottayam