%0 Journal Article
%T The Uses of Open-Ended Problem Solving in Regular Academic Subjects to Develop Students¡¯ Creativity: An Analytical Review
%A Abdulnasser A. Alhusaini
%A C. June Maker
%J Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%D 2011
%I Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education
%X The uses of open-ended problem solving to develop students¡¯ creativity were investigated through an analytical review. Twenty studies with high-quality indicators were selected. Participants in all studies were 7707 students. The average time spent in all interventions was approximately 15 months. Students had observable improvement in 90% of the interventions. By using the analytic technique across all studies, the authors found that (a) in 55% of the interventions, elementary school students were included; (b) in 85% of the interventions, problem Types IV and V were used, and in 65% of the interventions problem Type VI was used; (c) in 50% of the interventions, open-ended problems were integrated with all academic subjects; (d) in 90% of the interventions, the perspective of creativity was creativity as process; and (e) in 50% of the studies, open-ended problems were measured using nontraditional instruments. Future researchers should focus on integrating problem finding (i.e. Type VI) and implementing open-ended problem solving in more academic subjects and with students in upper levels of school.
%K open-ended problem solving
%K creativity
%K DISCOVER curriculum
%U http://www.tuzed.org/publications/cilt1/sayi1/documents/alhusaini_maker_metin.pdf