Investigating the effectiveness of Python programming training on increasing creativity and academic progress of first year high school male students

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Esmaeil safari ^{1 *}

1 - Faculty member of Payam Noor University, Dezful, Iran

Received: 2024-11-20 Accepted : 2025-06-17 Published : 2025-07-06

Keywords: Python programming, creativity, academic progress,

Abstract :

Background: Programming is a creative activity, teaching it to students strengthens their ability to solve problems, creative thinking and academic progress.

Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the impact of Python programming education on the level of creativity and academic achievement of male students in the first year of high school.

Method: This research was practical and in terms of data collection, it was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all the students of the first year of high school in Shush city, 60 of whom were selected as a sample using the available method. The data collection tool was Abedi's creativity questionnaire (1372). To measure academic progress, the average scores of students in three subjects of science, math and language (for the pre-test, the scores of the first-round exams and for the post-test, the scores of the continuous provincial coordinated exams) were used. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to analyze the data.

Findings: The findings showed that between the average post-test scores of academic achievement (P=0.001), creativity (P=0.001) and creativity components (P=0.001, fluidity, P=0.001, flexibility, initiative (P=0.001) P=0) after removing the pre-test effect, there is a significant difference in the test group.

Conclusion: Python programming training has led to an increase in students' creativity and academic progress.

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