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CREATIVITY AND MOTIVATION OF EXTREMELY GIFTED STUDENTS - RESEARCH BASED ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE "UNIMAN" PROJECT
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Gifted children are characterized with above average abilities in one or more domains (subjects) or with high versatility and proficiency in many disciplines. They may also be described by accelerated development and unceasing motivation coupled with the interests, persistence and enthusiasm as well as passion and creativity. J. Renzulli [1] recognizes these features as the most important predictors of outstanding achievements of gifted children. On the other hand, numerous children indicate the Inadequate Achievements Syndrome - they suffer from the lowered motivation and inhibition of creativity. Hence, the aim of conducted researches was to determine the relationship between motivation and creativity within the group of 60 gifted children. Investigations were carried out in 2019 and included pupils with the age from 7 to 14 from 3 different schools, who took part in additional classes, aiming to develop creativity, social and critical competences and scientific thinking, within the frame of program UniMaN ("Uniwersytet Malego Naukowca") "University of Young Scientist" knowledge, curiosity, passion realized for the years 2018-2020 at the Pedagogical University in Cracow with the financial support from EC. In the paper there will be presented the major assumptions for the project together with results of surveys for determining the relations between the learning results, creativity and motivations of gifted students, which constituted the main research problem. There were applied 8-Item Grit Scale for Children worked out by A.L. Duckworth [2] and 3 devices measuring children creativity: TCT-DP test by K. Urban and H. Jellen in elaboration of A. Matczak, A. Jaworowska and J. Stanczak [3], C. Frank (The Franck Drawing Completion Test) [4] and T. B. Ward tests [5]. Preliminary results indicate the positive correlation between children motivation and results obtained by pupils in creativity tests. Especially significant relationship was observed between the results indicating the general abilities within the range of creative thinking (TCT-DP test) and high motivation. There was also noticed the meaningful increase in motivation after completing the activities realized within the frame of the UniMaN program. Results obtained prove the accuracy of applied activities within the scope of developing the interests, curiosity and passion at children as well as their creative competences, and confirm the strong relationship between children motivation and creativity.
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