Children Solve Problems: Impact of an Intervention Programme on the Problem-Solving Abilities of Socially Deprived Children  

Oleh:

Verma, Suman ; Verma, G.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Childhood: A Journal of Global Child Research vol. 02 no. 03 (Aug. 1994), page 122-128.
Topik: Problem Solving; Social Deprivation; Intervention Programme; Creative Thinking
Fulltext: Childhood-1994-Verma-122-128 (04Y088).pdf (617.62KB)

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A sample consisting of 60 subjects from socially deprived environment were matched for age, gender, problem-solving ability and prolonged social deprivation score. This sample was further divided into an Experimental and a Control group, each consisting of 30 subjects. Pretesting of these subjects was done by administering three problem-solving tasks. A 16-week intervention programme was administered to the Experimental group to study its impact on the problem solving abilities of children whereas, the Control group was not exposed to any treatment. The techniques used were generation of alternatives; brainstorming and hypothetical problem-solving through creative expression. Post-test results on problem-solving tasks revealed significant gains in the problem solving scores of the Experimental group as compared to the Control group, which were attributed to the techniques used to improve problem solving skills, efforts to reduce cognitive lag, improved cognitive styles and use of appropriate strategies thereby enhancing successful problem solving experiences and increasing the motivation to solve problems.

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