Acceleration of creativity among academically bright rural adolescents
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2021-06
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CCSHAU, Hisar
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of assessing level of creativity among
academically bright rural young adolescents, to implement and assess the impact of acceleration
program, additionally, to delineate the influence of home and school environment on creativity. For
this, 300 respondents in the age group of 12-14 years from rural areas of Hisar district of Haryana state
were selected. Creativity of the adolescents was assessed with Passi Test of Creativity (PTC), by B.K.
Passi, 2006. The results elucidated above average level in unusual uses flexibility while average levels
were observed in seeing problem, unusual uses fluency, blocks fluency, blocks creativity, blocks
flexibility, consequences fluency, persistency and total creativity. Whereas, below average levels were
depicted in consequences originality, consequences creativity, unusual uses originality, unusual uses
creativity, blocks originality and inquisitiveness. Significant differences were elucidated in the level of
creativity across various independent variables such as, gender, age, academic class, consecutive
academic record, academic performance stress, teaching method employed by teachers and mass media
use etc.. Further, it was portrayed that home and school environment contributed in the development of
creative abilities. Research findings revealed significant correlations across various sub-aspects of the
creativity which showed that the presence of different types of creative abilities directly influences the
level and emergence of other sort of creative behavior. Significant increase in the adolescents creativity
scores was noticed after the implementation of the acceleration program which indicated that creative
potential of the adolescents can be nurtured and enhanced with proper guidance and planning. Hence,
collaborative efforts need to be taken up by parents, teachers and researchers to motivate, guide and
support students unique creative spark by providing them creativity-stimulating home and school
environment.