Inquiry-driven teaching yields the largest creativity effect among teaching methods, followed by design-based and project-based teaching¶

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q3 i2 Inquiry-driven teaching's influence on creativity is extremely significant (SMD = 0.927, P < 0.001), followed by design-based teaching (SMD = 0.598) and project-based teaching (SMD = 0.529). → Hou 2022

Evidence¶

Hou 2022¶

Hou, H., Zhang, X., & Wang, D. (2022). Can educational robots improve student creativity: A meta-analysis based on 48 experimental and quasi-experimental studies. Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 11(1):1449-1454. https://doi.org/10.15354/bece.22.ab001

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Teaching-method moderator analysis comparing inquiry-driven, design-based, and project-based instruction within the 48-study meta-analysis. The authors interpret this as implying robotics curricula maximize effects through "project exploration, high student participation, hands-on learning and other methods".

"the influence of inquiry-driven teaching on student creativity is extremely significant (SMD = 0.927, P < 0.001), followed by that of design-based teaching (SMD = 0.598, P < 0.001) and project-based teaching (SMD = 0.529, P < 0.001)"

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