THE EFFECTS OF CREATIVE TEACHING METHOD ON MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015

Abstract

General purpose of the study is to examine the effects of creative teaching method on motivation and academic achievement of elementary school students in academic year 2014-2015. Research method is quasi-experimental by implementing pre-test and post-test with groups of experimental and control. Statistical population include all of students in elementary school that the number of them are 1184 students and are selected by cluster random sampling in school. Numbers of 50 students (25 students in control group and 25 students in experimental group) are statistical sample of this research. Methods of data analysis have been descriptive statistics and independent t-test. Total results of the research have shown that teaching based on creative model in elementary school classrooms with regard to features of genuineness and fluency and flexibility in educational situations affect academic achievement and motivation in experimental group. There is significant difference between experimental group and control group to the effect of creative teaching method and this difference in favor of group that is used creative teaching method in the classroom.