Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking

This study aimed to investigate the impact of utilising multimedia instructional materials (MIM) on engineering students’ creative thinking in Malaysia. Fifteen MIM were developed based on the principles of Cognitive Theories of Multimedia Design (Mayer, 2001) and Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller et...

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Main Authors:	Hafizoah, Kassim, Ng, Wan, Nicholas, Howard
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2010
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	ump-45892018-05-02T06:44:08Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4589/ Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking Hafizoah, Kassim Ng, Wan Nicholas, Howard LB2300 Higher Education This study aimed to investigate the impact of utilising multimedia instructional materials (MIM) on engineering students’ creative thinking in Malaysia. Fifteen MIM were developed based on the principles of Cognitive Theories of Multimedia Design (Mayer, 2001) and Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller et al., 1998). The MIM were used by 27 mechanical engineering students in lab sessions over a period of 5 weeks. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) verbal forms A and B were administered to the students as pretest and posttest respectively to measure students’ creative thinking in terms of fluency, flexibility, originality, and overall creativity capabilities. Two semi-structured focus group interviews were also conducted with five volunteer students in each group. Data were analysed using a paired sample t-test comparing pre and posttests results and also between genders. The t-test analysis shows that there was a significant increase in the students’ creative thinking in the posttest for all the creative thinking elements stated. Students’ responses during the interview supported the statistical findings. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4589/1/2010_JSSH-0296-2010_hafizoah_wan_howard.pdf Hafizoah, Kassim and Ng, Wan and Nicholas, Howard (2010) Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 18 (S). pp. 97-108. ISSN 0128-7702 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/JSSH.php
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description	This study aimed to investigate the impact of utilising multimedia instructional materials (MIM) on engineering students’ creative thinking in Malaysia. Fifteen MIM were developed based on the principles of Cognitive Theories of Multimedia Design (Mayer, 2001) and Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller et al., 1998). The MIM were used by 27 mechanical engineering students in lab sessions over a period of 5 weeks. Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) verbal forms A and B were administered to the students as pretest and posttest respectively to measure students’ creative thinking in terms of fluency, flexibility, originality, and overall creativity capabilities. Two semi-structured focus group interviews were also conducted with five volunteer students in each group. Data were analysed using a paired sample t-test comparing pre and posttests results and also between genders. The t-test analysis shows that there was a significant increase in the students’ creative thinking in the posttest for all the creative thinking elements stated. Students’ responses during the interview supported the statistical findings.
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title	Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking
title_short	Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking
title_full	Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking
title_fullStr	Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of Multimedia Instructional Materials on Creative Thinking
title_sort	impact of multimedia instructional materials on creative thinking
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