DT test and country of study significantly moderate the Grade 3–4 originality trend, with a drop for WKCT and for eastern-country samples¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? For originality, the Grade 3–4 SMD was significant for WKCT (-0.54, p = .02) but not for TTCT (0.09) or other tests (-0.23); no standardized effect size is printed for the moderation itself. → Said-Metwaly 2019 q3 i? For originality, studies from eastern countries showed a significant negative SMD (-0.29, p = .02), whereas western countries showed a non-significant positive SMD (0.05); no standardized effect size is printed for the moderation itself. → Said-Metwaly 2019 (2)

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 · r?

Moderator analysis in Results found DT test significant for originality, explaining 74.93% of between-study and 52.42% of within-study variance; only the WKCT SMD (-0.54, p = .02) was significant. No standardized effect size is printed for the moderation itself.

"For DT test, a negative SMD was obtained for WKCT and others compared to a positive SMD for TTCT. Yet, the SMD was significant for WKCT (-0.54, p = .02), but not for TTCT (0.09, p = .49) or others (-0.23, p = .22)."

Said-Metwaly 2019 (2)¶

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 · r?

Moderator analysis in Results found country of study significant for originality, explaining 72.50% of between-study and 42.43% of within-study variance; eastern-country samples showed a significant negative SMD (-0.29, p = .02). No standardized effect size is printed for the moderation itself.

"For country, studies involving subjects from eastern countries had a significant negative SMD (-0.29, p = .02), whereas those involving subjects from western countries had a non-significant positive SMD (0.05, p = .62)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it

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