Task content domain significantly moderates the Grade 3–4 DT difference, with a positive SMD for figural tasks and a negative SMD for verbal tasks¶

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q3 i? Task content domain was the only significant moderator of the Grade 3–4 overall DT difference, explaining 19.61% of between-study and 56.30% of within-study variance, though neither domain's SMD differed significantly from zero. → Said-Metwaly 2019

Evidence¶

Said-Metwaly 2019¶

Said-Metwaly, S., Fernández-Castilla, B., Kyndt, E., Van den Noortgate, W., & Barbot, B. (2019). Does the Fourth-Grade Slump in Creativity Actually Exist? A Meta-Analysis of the Development of Divergent Thinking in School-Age Children and Adolescents. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Does+the+Fourth-Grade+Slump+in+Creativity+Actually+Exist

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Moderator analysis in Results of the Grade 3–4 overall DT difference found task content domain significant; the SMDs for figural (0.10) and verbal (-0.02) tasks were each non-significant, both indicating a plateau. The SMDs are descriptive moderator estimates without a printed effect size for the moderation itself.

"The obtained SMD was positive when using figural tasks (0.10) and negative when using verbal tasks (-0.02). However, both SMDs were not significantly different from zero (p = .36 and .84 for figural and verbal content domains, respectively), suggesting a plateau from Grade 3 to Grade 4."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it

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