Abstract

MATOS, Daniela Rezende  and  FLEITH, Denise de Souza. Creativity and creativity climate among students from open, intermediary and traditional schools. Psicol. esc. educ. [online]. 2006, vol.10, n.1, pp.109-120. ISSN 2175-3539.

This study was conducted aiming to investigate the creativity and perception of classroom creativity climate of students from open, intermediary and traditional schools. One hundred and seventy-four 4th grade students from eight private schools in Brasilia participated in the study. The results indicated significant differences among students from open, intermediary and traditional schools regarding fluency in the creativity subtest Picture Complementation, as well as a significant interaction between gender and type of school in relation to the originality in the same test. About the perception of the classroom climate for creativity, the results revealed that there is a significant interaction between gender and type of school only regarding the factor Interest for the Student’s Learning.

Keywords : Creativity; Classroom environment; School environment.