Working in culturally diverse groups on a cooperative task increases schoolchildren's creativity (originality) compared with homogeneous groups¶
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q3 i2 Italian elementary schoolchildren randomly assigned to diverse groups (with immigrant peers) showed higher originality than those in all-Italian groups, F(1, 50) = 5.84, p = .017, η2p = .04. → Vezzali 2016
Evidence¶
Vezzali 2016¶
Vezzali, L., Goclowska, M., Crisp, R. J., & Stathi, S. (2016). On the Relationship between Cultural Diversity and Creativity in Education: The Moderating Role of Communal versus Divisional Mindset. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Randomized 2×2 between-subjects experiment with 149 Italian elementary schoolchildren (mean age 9 years 11 months) working on a cooperative story-creation task; originality measured one week after the last session via an alternative-uses task. The article reports "creativity was higher among participants in the condition where diversity was present" (M = 0.56 vs 0.51).
"the ANOVA revealed a main effect of Diversity, F(1, 50) = 5.84, p = .017, η2p = .04: creativity was higher among participants in the condition where diversity was present (M = 0.56; SD = 0.08) than among those in the condition where diversity was absent (M = 0.51; SD = 0.12)."
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Related Claims¶
- Cultural diversity increases schoolchildren's creativity when a communal mindset is salient — related
- The effect of cultural diversity on children's creativity is moderated by mindset, with a significant Diversity × Mindset interaction — related
- Cultural diversity does not increase schoolchildren's creativity when a divisional mindset emphasizing group distinctions is salient — reports the opposite
- Students segregated into language cliques whenever allowed to choose peer interactions, despite the 50-50 enrollment design — reports the opposite
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Working in culturally diverse groups on a cooperative task increases schoolchildren's creativity (originality) compared with homogeneous groups |
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Working in culturally diverse groups on a cooperative task increases schoolchildren's creativity (originality) compared with homogeneous groups |
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