Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation

Enhancing creativity and critical thinking have garnered the attention of educators and researchers for decades. They have been highlighted as essential skills for the 21st century. A total of 103 United States students (53 female, 24 male, two non-binary, and 24 non-reporting) and 166 Chinese stude...

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Autores principales:	Ji Hoon Park, Weihua Niu, Li Cheng, Heavon Allen
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	creativity critical thinking cross-cultural differences college research experience Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:da043e0eb285418f9606dabe6e9fa7402021-11-11T10:13:39ZFostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.760351https://doaj.org/article/da043e0eb285418f9606dabe6e9fa7402021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.760351/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Enhancing creativity and critical thinking have garnered the attention of educators and researchers for decades. They have been highlighted as essential skills for the 21st century. A total of 103 United States students (53 female, 24 male, two non-binary, and 24 non-reporting) and 166 Chinese students (128 female, 30 male, one non-binary, and seven non-reporting) completed an online survey. The survey includes the STEAM-related creative problem solving, Sternberg scientific reasoning tasks, psychological critical thinking (PCT) exam, California critical thinking (CCT) skills test, and college experience survey, as well as a demographic questionnaire. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) yields a two-factor model for all creativity and critical thinking measurements. Yet, the two latent factors are strongly associated with each other (r=0.84). Moreover, Chinese students outperform American students in measures of critical thinking, whereas Americans outperform Chinese students in measures of creativity. Lastly, the results also demonstrate that having some college research experience (such as taking research method courses) could positively influence both United States and Chinese students’ creativity and critical thinking skills. Implications are discussed.Ji Hoon ParkWeihua NiuLi ChengHeavon AllenFrontiers Media S.A.articlecreativitycritical thinkingcross-cultural differencescollegeresearch experiencePsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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description	Enhancing creativity and critical thinking have garnered the attention of educators and researchers for decades. They have been highlighted as essential skills for the 21st century. A total of 103 United States students (53 female, 24 male, two non-binary, and 24 non-reporting) and 166 Chinese students (128 female, 30 male, one non-binary, and seven non-reporting) completed an online survey. The survey includes the STEAM-related creative problem solving, Sternberg scientific reasoning tasks, psychological critical thinking (PCT) exam, California critical thinking (CCT) skills test, and college experience survey, as well as a demographic questionnaire. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) yields a two-factor model for all creativity and critical thinking measurements. Yet, the two latent factors are strongly associated with each other (r=0.84). Moreover, Chinese students outperform American students in measures of critical thinking, whereas Americans outperform Chinese students in measures of creativity. Lastly, the results also demonstrate that having some college research experience (such as taking research method courses) could positively influence both United States and Chinese students’ creativity and critical thinking skills. Implications are discussed.
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title	Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation
title_short	Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation
title_full	Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation
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title_full_unstemmed	Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation
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Fostering Creativity and Critical Thinking in College: A Cross-Cultural Investigation

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