Effects of the project-based learning using online collaborative tools with a lotus blossom technique on creative thinking of upper secondary school students
Abstract:
The purposes of the research were: 1) to study the effect of project-based learning using online collaborative tools with a lotus blossom technique on upper secondary school students creativity scores, and 2) to compare the effect of creativity of project-based learning using online collaborative tools with a lotus blossom technique of upper secondary school students between the control group and the experimental group. The samples comprised of 60 upper secondary school students. The research instruments consisted of a lesson plan for the Computer Project course and a project-based learning website. The data collection instruments consisted of a creativity measurement, a work performance evaluation form, and an online collaborative learning observation form. The data were analyzed using arithmetic mean, a standard deviation, and a t-test. The results of the study revealed that: 1) the pre-test creativity mean scores of the control group and the experimental group were not significantly different (p<. 05), 2) the pre-test creativity mean scores of the control group and the experimental group was significantly higher than the pre-test mean score (p<. 05), and 3) the post-test creativity mean scores of the control group and the experimental group were significantly different (p<. 05).