ERIC Number: EJ840125
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-0355
Creative Self-Efficacy: An Intervention Study
Mathisen, Gro Ellen; Bronnick, Kolbjorn S.
International Journal of Educational Research, v48 n1 p21-29 2009
This study examined the effects of creativity training on creative self-efficacy. We developed a creativity course based on social cognitive theory. The course was conducted in two formats: a five-day course and a condensed one-day course. Samples consisted of students and municipality employees (five-day course), and special education teachers (one-day course). Students from a mathematics and statistics course constituted a control group. We measured creative self-efficacy before and after the intervention, and self-efficacy improved significantly for both the five-day and the one-day courses, while the control group showed no changes in creative self-efficacy. Self-efficacy levels increased significantly for both students and municipality employees. A follow-up assessment two months after completing the five-day course showed no decline in creative self-efficacy. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Creativity, Training, Social Cognition, Students, Municipalities, Employees, Special Education Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics, Control Groups, Intervention
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