A study of the effects of library creative zone programs on creative thinking abilities
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science
Published online on June 27, 2016
Abstract
This study intends to evaluate the degree of improvement in the participants’ creative thinking abilities index after participants engage in the program for six months in the public library creative zone. A comparative assessment was carried out by calculating the creative thinking abilities index before and after participation in the program. This study examines three factors of creative thinking ability: fluency, flexibility, and originality. As a result, first, the average standard score was 100, and standard deviation (SD) was a normal distribution of 20. First, there was a significant difference in the fluency for looking at the degree of enhancement in the fluency of the participants’ creative thinking abilities after they participated in the program. Therefore, the creative thinking abilities education can significantly improve the fluency of participants. Second, there was a significant difference in the flexibility. The creative thinking abilities education can significantly improve the flexibility of participants. Third, there was a significant difference in originality. The creative thinking abilities education can significantly improve the originality of participants. Fourth, when the overall creative thinking abilities of the participants were analyzed, there was a significant difference from the creative thinking abilities mean score. The creative thinking abilities education can significantly improve the average score of creative thinking abilities. Finally, there was no difference by gender, but there was a significant difference by grade level for evaluating all creative thinking abilities factors.