Basic research on creativity support tools by distinguishing bottom-up and top-down thinking

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K11978
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 61020:Human interface and interaction-related
• Research Institution: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Yuizono Takaya 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 先端科学技術研究科, 教授 (70315399)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 創造性支援 / 創造性教育 / ボトムアップ思考 / KJ法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored the basic knowledge for tools to support human creativity by focusing on the KJ method (a method of gathering ideas from people), brainstorming, and creativity education. (1) Using 2,000 ideas collected from a large number of people (138 people), the effect of the number of people using natural language processing was investigated; (2) In a system study to support research progress, the higher the number of times people made progress, the higher their intellectual production became; and (3) A creativity education method focusing on concept and question storming was developed and found to be potentially beneficial for attitudes towards creativity and creativity development (divergent thinking).

Free Research Field

創造性支援システム

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

21世紀スキルの１つとして創造性は重要とされている。人間の創造性を支援するツールは重要な挑戦課題とされ、様々な研究が実施されている。その中、日本発の発想法であるKJ法に注目するとともに、ブレインストーミングや創造性教育において、その効果を定量的に示した。今後、得られた知見は人間が情報システムを用いた創造活動や創造性教育を検討する上で参考となりうる。