| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research investigated how elementary school children's interactions with peer develop and affect their divergent thinking. From 3rd to 5th grade children in after-school childcare participated in producing work of "the school of dream" by group of 4 members with same grade in one condition, and by group of 4 members with different grade in the other condition. Peer interactions were observed in the process of "the school of dream" tasks, and also in daily after-school childcare. Longitudinal analyses showed that in the case of 3rd graders one member tended to lead other members in the task, whereas, in the case of 4th graders all members actively and equally participated in their own way. This developmental change in the task performance were observed consistently in their activities in daily after-school childcare. The results showed that children's activated interactions facilitated their divergent thinking.
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