Xianggang xue sheng de chuang zao li ji dong ji qu xiang yu ke shi huan jing de guan xi

by Hui Na-na, Anna.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-122).Text in English; Questionnaire also in Chinese.by Hui Na-na, Anna.LISTS OF FIGURE & TABLES VChapter CHAPTER 1 - --- INTRODUCTIONChapter 1.1 --- Background of the studyChapter 1.1.1 --- Approaches to Creativity --- p.1Chapter 1.1.2 --- Motivational Orientation and Creativity --- p.4Chapter 1.1.3 --- Relationship between Classroom Environment and Creativity --- p.6Chapter 1.1.4 --- Relationship between Classroom Environment and Motivational Orientation --- p.9Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions --- p.12Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.13Chapter CHAPTER 2 - --- LITERATURE REVIEWChapter 2.1 --- Conception of CreativityChapter 2.1.1 --- Definition of Creativity --- p.15Chapter 2.1.2 --- Factors of Creativity --- p.17Chapter 2.1.3 --- Distinction between Creativity and Intelligence --- p.18Chapter 2.2 --- Approaches to CreativityChapter 2.2.1 --- Creative Personality --- p.20Chapter 2.2.2 --- Creative Product --- p.21Chapter 2.2.3 --- Creative Process --- p.23Chapter 2.2.4 --- Creative Press (Environment) --- p.25Chapter 2.2.5 --- More Integrative Approaches to Creativity --- p.26Chapter 2.2.6 --- An Approach to Studying Creativity in Writing --- p.31Chapter 2.3 --- Creativity and Classroom EnvironmentChapter 2.3.1 --- Environmental Stimulants of Creativity in the Classroom --- p.32Chapter 2.3.2 --- Environmental Inhibitors of Creativity in the Classroom --- p.35Chapter 2.3.3 --- Teachers' and Peers' Judgment of Creativity and Social Validation of Students' Creativity in the Classroom --- p.36Chapter 2.4 --- Conception of Motivational OrientationChapter 2.4.1 --- Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientation --- p.38Chapter 2.4.2 --- Orientation as Trait and Involvement as State --- p.39Chapter 2.5 --- Motivational Orientation and Classroom Environment --- p.41Chapter 2.6 --- Motivational Orientation and Creativity --- p.45Chapter 2.7 --- Hypotheses of the Study --- p.47Chapter CHAPTER 3 - --- METHODChapter 3.1 --- Operational Definitions of VariablesChapter 3.1.1 --- Operational Definition of Creativity --- p.49Chapter 3.1.2 --- Operational Definition of Motivational Orientation --- p.49Chapter 3.1.3 --- Operational Definition of Classroom Environment --- p.50Chapter 3.2 --- Subjects --- p.50Chapter 3.3 --- InstrumentsChapter 3.3.1 --- The Consensual Assessment of Creativity --- p.51Chapter 3.3.2 --- Motivational Orientation Scale --- p.52Chapter 3.3.3 --- Classroom Environment Questionnaire --- p.53Chapter 3.3.4 --- Behavioral Characteristics of Students --- p.55Chapter 3.4 --- ProcedureChapter 3.4.1 --- Pilot Study --- p.55Chapter 3.4.2 --- Main Study --- p.56Chapter Chapter 4 - --- resultsChapter 4.1 --- Reliabilities of InstrumentsChapter 4.1.1 --- Consensual Assessment of Creativity --- p.58Chapter 4.1.2 --- Motivational Orientation Scale --- p.61Chapter 4.1.3 --- Classroom Environment Questionnaire --- p.62Chapter 4.1.4 --- Behavioral Characteristics of Students --- p.65Chapter 4.1.5 --- Mean Scores and Standard Deviations of Instruments --- p.66Chapter 4.2 --- Relationships Among Product Creativity and Other VariablesChapter 4.2.1 --- Objective and Subjective Judgment of Creativity --- p.67Chapter 4.2.2 --- "Students' Product Creativity, Students' Behavioral Characteristics and Peer Nomination of Creativity" --- p.70Chapter 4.2.3 --- Behavioral Characteristics of Students and Students' Motivational Orientation --- p.73Chapter 4.2.4 --- Product Creativity and Students' Motivational Orientation --- p.73Chapter 4.2.5 --- Students' Behavioral Characteristics and Their Perception of Classroom Environment --- p.73Chapter 4.2.6 --- Product Creativity and Students' Perception of Classroom Environment --- p.74Chapter 4.2.7 --- Students' Motivational Orientation and Their Perception of Classroom Environment --- p.77Chapter 4.2.8 --- Students' Perception of Classroom Environment and Others' Perceived Measures of Students' Creativity --- p.78Chapter 4.3 --- "Sex Effects of Variables on Behavioral Characteristics of Students, Peer Nomination of Creativity and Self-Perception of Creativity" --- p.79Chapter 4.4 --- Prediction of Students' Product CreativityChapter 4.4.1 --- Students' Product Creativity Predicted by Objective and Subjective-Creativity Variables --- p.84Chapter 4.4.2 --- Students' Product Creativity Predicted by Students' Perception of Classroom Environment --- p.86Chapter 4.4.3 --- Students' Product Creativity Predicted by Students' Self-Perception of Motivational Orientation and Creativity --- p.87Chapter 4.4.4 --- Students' Product Creativity Predicted by Teachers' Observation of Behavioral Characteristics and Peer Nomination of Creativity --- p.89Chapter 4.4.5 --- Students' Product Creativity Predicted by all Independent Variables --- p.91Chapter 4.5 --- Summary of FindingsChapter CHAPTER 5 - --- discussionChapter 5.1 --- Implications and Directions for Future ResearchChapter 5.1.1 --- Social Validity of Students' Creativity --- p.96Chapter 5.1.2 --- "Students' Creativity, Motivational Orientation and Behavioral Characteristics of Students" --- p.98Chapter 5.1.3 --- Students' Creativity and Classroom Environment --- p.100Chapter 5.1.4 --- Students' Self-Perception of Creativity --- p.102Chapter 5.2 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.104referencesAppendice