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Creative Self-Efficacy Of Children Aged 9-14 In A Science Center Using A Situated Mobile Game
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Creative self-efficacy, Creativity, Elementary students, Gender differences, Location-Based game, Middle school students, Science center
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Thinking Skills and Creativity
Volume
33
Abstract
Engaging young people with exhibits in meaningful ways is a challenging proposition for museums. Adults bring children to museums and similar institutions with the intention that they enjoy an informal learning experience. In this study, a situated mobile game provides creative interactive challenges to engage participants with hands-on exhibits at a science center. From the player's perspective, the objective of the game was to exercise creativity skills in order to complete the challenges. During gameplay, players were asked to record their solutions to the challenges via photographs, audio, and video. Afterward, they reflected on the creativity they employed during the game as they made an electronic multi-media poster using the digital artifacts they created during gameplay. In addition to facilitating meaningful exhibit interaction, this study examined pre- and post- creative self-efficacy scores and participant activity preferences according to creative self-efficacy scores and gender during a three-hour visit to a science museum for 37 participants, aged 9–14. Results indicated a pre-to-post improvement in creative self-efficacy with a small effect size. Activity differences between those scoring high in creative self-efficacy and those who scored low were found. No gender differences in creative self-efficacy were noted, but boys preferred the multimedia poster work while girls preferred observations of animals and physics display interactions. Results indicated that young people with higher creative self-efficacy enjoyed playing a situated mobile game more than those with lower creative self-efficacy, and that playing a situated mobile game focused on creative activity contributed to an increase in creative self-efficacy for participants.
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Original Publication Date
9-1-2019
DOI of published version
10.1016/j.tsc.2019.100580
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Atwood-Blaine, Dana; Rule, Audrey C.; and Walker, Jordan, "Creative Self-Efficacy Of Children Aged 9-14 In A Science Center Using A Situated Mobile Game" (2019). Faculty Publications. 477.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/477