%0 Journal Article
%T An Investigation of Creativity Among Children Attending Preschools
%A Zuhal Gizir Ergen
%A Aysel K£¿ksal Akyol
%J Journal of Theoretical Educational Science
%D 2012
%I Afyon Kocatepe University
%X The purpose of this study is to investigate creativity among children attending preschools in terms of several variables. The study was conducted with 72 female and 63 male 5-year-old (60-72 months) children selected from independent preschools related to the Turkish Ministry of National Education in Ankara. The ¡°General Information Form¡± was administered to children in order to collect basic information about children and their parents. To determine creativity among children, the ¡°Torrence Creative Thinking Test¡± developed by Torrence in 1966 and translated into Turkish by Aslan (1999) was used. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis H tests were used to analyze data. As a result of the study, gender and father¡¯s educational level do not affect creativity scores of the children, yet duration of preschool attendance and mother¡¯s educational level statistically have a significant effect on their creativity scores (p<.05).
%K preschool education
%K kindergarten
%K creativity
%U http://www.keg.aku.edu.tr/index.php?journal=anasayfa&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=162&path%5B%5D=93