Effects of metacognitive capacity, grade level and gender on secondary school students’ scientific creativity

Authors

  • Lucía Bonilla-Pellicer Universitat de València
  • Joan J. Solaz-Portolés Universitat de València
  • Vicente Sanjosé Universitat de València

Keywords:

Creatividad científica. Destrezas metacognitivas. Nivel académico. Género. Educación Secundaria.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of metacognitive capacity, grade level (academic training) and gender on secondary school students’ scientific creativity. A total of 135 Spanish secondary school students, 63 boys and 72 girls, tookpart in this study. A questionnaire on metacognitive skills and a questionnaire that assesses cientific creativity were administered to participants. From the Pearson’s correlations of the study variables and from a regression analysis it can be concluded that academic training received is the main contributor to scientific creativity, although it explains only a small percentage of variance.

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Author Biographies

Lucía Bonilla-Pellicer, Universitat de València

Máster em Formación del Profesorado de Educación Secundaria. Universitat de València (España).

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5496-214X

Joan J. Solaz-Portolés, Universitat de València

Doctor em Ciencias Químicas (Didáctica de lãs Ciencias). Profesor Titular de Didáctica de lãs Ciencias Experimentales. Universitat de València. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4690-6556

Vicente Sanjosé, Universitat de València

Doctor em Ciencias Físicas. Catedrático de Didáctica de lãs Ciencias Experimentales. Universitat de València. ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-1717

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2020-07-17

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BONILLA-PELLICER, L.; SOLAZ-PORTOLÉS, J. J.; SANJOSÉ, V. Effects of metacognitive capacity, grade level and gender on secondary school students’ scientific creativity. Revista Internacional de Pesquisa em Didática das Ciências e Matemática, [S. l.], v. 1, p. e020006, 2020. Disponível em: https://periodicoscientificos.itp.ifsp.edu.br/index.php/revin/article/view/53. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.

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