Creative Mind (Creativity): Explaining its Role in the Process of Learning Outcomes for Students

Samira Molaei, Ali Akbar SheikhiFini, Mohammad Noor Rahmani

Abstract


This research examines the role of the creative mind (creativity) in the process of learning outcomes and academic achievement of fifth-grade students. The present study is correlational. The correlation research, which is itself a subset of descriptive (non-experimental) research, is aimed at demonstrating the relationship between variables. The statistical population of the study consisted of all female elementary school students in the fifth grade of the district of Bandar Abbas (Iran) in the academic year of 2017-2018, whose number is 1,368. The results of this study indicate that according to (R2 = 0.331) and (β = 0.776), and with regard to the significant level (P <0.01), it can be said that having creative minds is significantly have an impact on the learning outcomes (t = 13.59).

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