Differentiating between the “Need” for and the “Experience” of Self-determination Regarding Their Influence on Pupils’ Learning of Creativity through Story-based Digital Games

ABSTRACT

Self-determination (SD) and game-based learning have attracted great attention, and recent investigation studies have shown that SD is closely related to flow and mastery experience. This study pioneered at developing a game-based learning program with an emphasis on SD intervention, in which comprehensive creativity strategies within a story context were presented. Through this training program, we further differentiated between the ways that the SD need before the training and the SD experience during the training influenced flow and mastery experience pertaining to creativity. The participants were 82 third and fourth graders. The results showed that the SD experience was a better predictor of the pupils’ flow and mastery experience than the SD need, suggesting the importance of implementing SD intervention to maximize the game-based creativity learning. The developed training program and the proposed theoretical framework provide valuable implications for the instruction of creativity.

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Funding

This work was supported by The Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan under Grant MOST 104-2511-S-004 −002-MY3.

Notes on contributors

Yu-chu Yeh

Yu-chu Yeh is the Distinguished Professor of Institute of Teacher Education in College of Education, as well as a research fellow of Research Center for Mind, Brain & Learning at the National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Her research interests include the instruction of creativity and critical thinking, e-learning, game-based learning, educational psychology, positive psychology, and neurocognitive psychology.

Ngoc Phung Sai

Ngoc Phung Sai is a college lecturer as well as a PhD. Student in Department of Education at the National Chengchi University, Taiwan. As a fresh educator, Ngoc Phung Sai has conducted many interventions to improve learning, which mainly focuses on attitudes of learning, positive psychology, and creativity. She will continue to explore the field of educational psychology in depth.

Chia-Hua Chuang

Chia-Hua Chuang is a preschool teacher in Taiwan, as well as a Ph. D. student in Department of Education at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Her research interests include the school readiness, Montessori early childhood education, positive psychology, the performance of positive disciplines, and class management.