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Deliberate Use Of Creative Problem Solving In Art Making, Rebecca Dame-Seidler
Deliberate Use Of Creative Problem Solving In Art Making, Rebecca Dame-Seidler
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
This project explores the productivity of the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) tools in the visual art making process. The project offered the opportunity for high school student volunteer’s to participate in an after school program called Creative Art Group Experience (CAGE). Volunteers learned and made use of CPS tools to guide their art making. The project researched the effectiveness of using CPS tools in art making documenting volunteer progress and feedback. As an art educator, I had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of using CPS tools with the art-making process. The results of CAGE will benefit how CPS tools …
The Effect Of The Engineering Design Process On The Critical Thinking Skills Of High School Students, Heather Ure
The Effect Of The Engineering Design Process On The Critical Thinking Skills Of High School Students, Heather Ure
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of the research reported here was to determine the impact learning the engineering design process (EDP) would have on the critical thinking skills of high school physics students. An EDP unit was conducted with 5 classes of high school physics students in grades 10-12 over 1 month. The EDP unit's curriculum allowed for the gradual release of responsibility as students became more familiar with the EDP and more consistent in using it. The six steps used in this EDP unit were Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, and Improve. The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal was given as a pre- …