The Development of Creative Thinking with Engineering Design Process in Computing Science Subject of Grade 5 Students

Abstract

             The purposes of this research were: 1) to compare creative thinking before and after learning through the engineering design process in the computing science subject for Grade 5 students; 2) to compare creative thinking after learning through the engineering design process in the computing science subject for Grade 5 students against a 60 percent criterion; and 3) to evaluate the quality of projects created by Grade 5 students through the engineering design process. The tool used is a creativity assessment framework developed to examine the impact of the engineering design process on the creativity of fifth-grade students.
             The research results found that:
             1. The creative thinking of Grade 5 students in the computing science subject after learning with the engineering design process was significantly higher than before learning at the .05 level of significance.
             2. The creative thinking of computing science grade 5 students after learning with engineering design process was higher than 60 percent of the criterion at the .05 level of significance.
             3. The quality of workpieces from engineering design process of grade 5 students after learning was found to be at a good level.