Interpersonal feedback improved creativity acquisition more than one-way feedback, irrelevant communication, or no feedback¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 A significant Time × Group interaction on AUT acquisition scores showed posttest fluency, flexibility, and uniqueness rose in the IF group, with IF flexibility exceeding the IC group. → Junting Yin 2025

Evidence¶

Junting Yin 2025¶

Junting Yin, Zheyu Jin, Yuxuan Zhang, Xuening Li, Yangzhuo Li, Guoping Zhang & Junlong Luo. (2025). Applying, not ignoring: how feedback uptake and neural synchrony drive creativity. npj Science of Learning 10:61. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00351-0

q3 · i2 · causal · r?

Repeated-measures ANOVA (Time × Group) on AUT acquisition scores across four feedback groups (100 dyads analyzed). The interaction was significant with printed effect size η2Ps ≥ 0.115, and "posttest creativity scores in the IF group" exceeded pretest on all three scores (ps < 0.001).

"Results indicated a significant interaction effect on creativity scores (fluency, flexibility, and uniqueness; Fs(3, 96) ≥ 4.142, ps ≤ 0.008, η2 Ps ≥ 0.115)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it

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