EFFECT OF A COGNITIVE RESEARCH TRUST TRAINING PROGRAMME ON CREATIVE THINKING AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

📄 Project Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the effects of a Cognitive Research Trust Training programme on creative thinking among secondary school students. Four research questions and four were formulated to guide the study. The study used a quasi- experimental design. One hundred and forty-two senior secondary school students SSII were used as sample for the study. Random sampling procedure was used for identifying the schools and classes for the study. The instrument used for data collection was Creative Thinking Test (CTT). Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Results have shown that students who received training had significantly greater improvement in creative thinking performance. The findings also revealed that no significant difference was found on the mean performance of urban and rural school students in creative thinking test. There was significant difference in the mean performance of male and female students in creative ...