QEOSA: Testing a Pedagogical Model of Creative Problem Solving for Preschool Children

Autor/inn/en	Cheng, Huai; Dai, David Yun; Yang, Panpan; Zhang, Jie; Cheng, Haoyu
Titel	QEOSA: Testing a Pedagogical Model of Creative Problem Solving for Preschool Children
Quelle	In: Creativity Research Journal, 33 (2021) 4, S.388-398 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-0419
DOI	10.1080/10400419.2021.1913558
Schlagwörter	Problem Solving; Creativity; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Transfer of Training; Cognitive Mapping; Thinking Skills; Creative Thinking; Creativity Tests; Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemlösen; Kreativität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Denkfähigkeit; Kreatives Denken; Creativity test; Kreativitätstest
Abstract	Transfer, particularly far transfer through analogic mapping and reasoning, is considered one of the mechanisms for creative problem solving. However, the cognitive paradigm of training for analogical problem solving has not met with much success. It is argued by these authors that a pedagogical model that exclusively focuses on training for analogical mapping is not effective. In this study, an alternative pedagogical approach, QEOSA, standing for Question, Explore, Optimize, Show, and Act, was tested on analogical transfer of problem solving with preschool children. This pedagogical model was informed by the creativity research with respect to creative problem solving as soft constraint satisfaction, involving both divergent and convergent processes. A randomly assigned experiment with 221 preschool children was conducted using QEOSA for 4 months (one semester). The results provide evidence of effectiveness of QEOSA in promoting far transfer. Theoretical and practical implications of the study for building an effective pedagogy of creative problem solving are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01