| Abstract: | This research investigated the effects of task related versus non-task related warm-up activities on the creativity scores of kindergarten children. The kindergarten students at Ramey Elementary School in Tyler Independent School District were randomly assigned to two treatment groups and one control group. The two treatment groups participated in warm-up activities while the control group remained in the classroom with their teacher performing usual activities. Members of the first treatment group received a task related warm-up experience wherein students were exposed to abstract, open-ended designs and asked to provide common and original names for each design. Those in the second treatment group received a non-task related activity, free drawing to music. All participants were then administered the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, Figural Form A. The two kindergarten teachers, two aides and a research assistant assisted in the treatment and control groups and also with the recording of titles for students following test administration. Using the .05 level of significance, group differences in the production of test responses were not significant. |
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