Some criticisms of the method refer to the
subjective nature of the assessment of creativity by
method of content analysis. Novelty of ideas,
expressed by learners sometimes is hard to
distinguish.
7 CONCLUSIONS
A new method has been elaborated in the
investigation which allows evaluating the students’
creativity.
The method enables to conclude that group work
in an e-learning environment using the action
research as a learning method stimulates the
students’ motivation and increases the quality of
mastering the course. The investigation proved that
this method had several advantages in comparison
with face-to-face studies:
• Each student in the e-learning environment
works on an individual basis and his/her
performance is obvious and can easily be
assessed.
• In a discourse, creating and acquiring new
knowledge, the students are not shy to
express innovative ideas. They get
accustomed to accept and assess other
students’ ideas and include them in their own
statements.
• Action research e-learning groups are
relatively homogenous in respect to
performance
• The students’ creativity increases if the
student improves his performance and his/her
average score is 9 out of 10 points. Students
having a maximum score of 10 out of 10
points are less creative.
• The students’ creativity does not depend
much on the sequence of their involvement in
group work. Students whose involvement is a
little delayed create more discursive ideas.
Majority of students found the method as useful (83
%) and recommended it for application to other
courses as well (83 %)
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