The effect of creative play and storytelling curricullum on creativity and academic performance in fifth grade girl students in composition and art lessons

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

kazem  alavi langroody ¹ (استادیار دانشگاه یزد)
Afsaneh  Rajaei ² (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد برنامه ریزی درسی،گروه علوم تربیتی،دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی ،واحد اردکان)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-02-19

Keywords: Storytelling, Creativity, Academic Performance, Curriculum, Creative play,

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of creative play and storytelling curricullum on creativity and academic performance of the fifth grade girl students in composition and art lessons. The research method used in this study is quasi-experimental pretest - posttest with a control group. The statistical population are 1930 include all girl students of 5th grade in Najafabad city in the educational year 2011-12. The study sample has been chosen randomly in cluster on one stage include 70 students (35 experimental and 35control) to participate in the research. A long with their curriculum, the experimental group was thought the creative play and storytelling. Here, no any additional planning was thought. The Creativity of students was measured with video form of Torrance Creativity (B form, 1974) and their performances in education were compared using the marls of previous and current after the tests were given. The data collected were analyzed by using SPSS software version 18 along with inferential and co-variance statistics. The results showed that the conduct of curriculum creative playing and storytelling affected the academic performance and the fluid scores, the expansion scores, the initiative scores and flexibility score of fifth grade girl students were significant (p<0/05). Hence, it can be concluded that the creative play and storytelling has a significant effect on the creativity and academic performance of the students.

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