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The effect of worked examples in fostering creative thinking within game-based learning environments
Ran, Jiahao (2024) The effect of worked examples in fostering creative thinking within game-based learning environments.
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| Abstract: | The current study investigated the impact of worked examples on creative thinking within the game-based learning (GBL) environment. Research has found the growing importance of creative thinking in dealing with complex problems and the potential benefits of GBL in fostering creative thinking skills. However, the effects of GBL vary and sometimes GBL alone does not necessarily lead to positive learning outcomes, and therefore instructional supports is thus needed to optimize learning outcomes. Worked examples have been identified as a promising instructional support for promoting cognitive processes and problem-solving skills such as creative thinking. The study aimed to explore whether worked examples in GBL significantly promotes creative thinking outcomes which were operationalized as fluency, flexibility, and originality. The research design involved a quantitative experimental approach where participants engaged in a game-based learning activity using Minecraft, with the experimental group having access to the worked example that shows a potential thinking process of constructing a house in forms of pictures and text. The creative thinking level was measured using an existing instrument of Alternative Uses Task (AUT). The findings of the study suggested that the worked example in the current study had a significantly negative effect in fluency and flexibility, and no significant effect on originality was found. Potential causes such as fixation effect and near or far analogy were discussed subsequently. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/98901 |
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