The Effects of Project Activities on the Development of Problem Solving Skills and Creativity of Elementary School Children

프로젝트 활동이 초등학교 학생의 문제해결력 및 창의성에 미치는 효과

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of project activities on the development of problem solving skills and creativity of elementary school children. To achieve this purpose, 83 second grade children were sampled in Seoul-City, and they were assigned to experimental group and control group. Two project activities of social studies subject were treated to the experimental group for 4 weeks. And, the ‘Problem Solving Skills Test’ and ‘Creativity Test’were administered to both group children for the pretest and posttest. The collected data were analyzed by t-test to test the research hypothesis. The major findings of this study were as follows: Firstly, there were statistically significant differences between experimental group and control group on the posttest scores of problem solving skills. It showed that the posttest scores of comprehension skills[t(81)＝3.09, p＜.01], practical skills[t(81)＝2.40, p＜.05], and the total score of problem solving skills[t(81)＝4.24, p＜.01] were significantly higher than that of control group. Secondly, there were statistically significant differences between experimental group and control group on the posttest scores of creativity. It showed that the posttest scores of fluency[t(81)＝4.33, p＜.01], originality[t(81)＝2.85, p＜.01], and the total score of creativity[t(81)＝6.43, p＜.01] were significantly higher than that of control group.

본 연구는 프로젝트 활동이 초등학교 학생들의 문제해결력 및 창의력 발달 에 미치는 효과를 검증해보고자 하는데 연구의 목적이 있다 연구방법은 서울 시내에 소재하고 있는 초등학교 2학년 아동 83명을 대상으로 하여 실험집단과 통제집단으로 나누었으며, 프로젝트 활동은 실험집단에 주당 3시간씩 4주 동안 정규수업 시간을 이용하여 실시하였다. 그리고 모든 자료들은 연구 가정 타당성 여부를 검증하기 위해서 두 집단의 평균치에 대해 t검증으로 분석하였다. 초등학교 아동들에게 프로젝트 활동을 적용한 결과 문제해결력 및 창의성이 통계적으로 의의 있게 향상된 것으로 나타났다.