2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developmental characteristics of elementary school children's social interaction and its effect on their divergent thinking
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15K04069
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Tottori University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
田中 大介 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 准教授 (20547947)
谷中 久和 鳥取大学, 地域学部, 講師 (60548907)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 社会的相互作用 / 児童期 / 拡散的思考 / 仲間関係 / 学童保育 |
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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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| Free Research Field |
発達心理学
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