Effects of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement and Motivation in STEAM Education
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. The Development of STEM Education
2.2. STEAM Education: The Integration of Creativity in STEM Education
2.3. Creativity and Learning Engagement
2.4. Creativity and Learning Motivations
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Research Model
3.2. Experimental Design
3.3. Measurement Instruments
3.4. Material
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Effect of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement
4.2. Effect of Creativity Styles on Learning Motivation
4.3. Discussion
4.4. Recommendations for Practice
5. Conclusions
Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Low ACT Group (n = 21) | High ACT Group (n = 44) | |||||
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Engagement | Mean | Std. | Mean | Std. | t | Sig. |
Cognitive | 3.654 | 0.393 | 4.128 | 0.476 | –3.953 | 0.000 *** |
Behavioral | 3.345 | 0.381 | 3.693 | 0.508 | –2.782 | 0.007 ** |
Emotional | 3.510 | 0.544 | 4.039 | 0.558 | –3.602 | 0.001 ** |
Social | 3.993 | 0.368 | 4.201 | 0.571 | –1.767 | 0.083 |
Low FLOW Group (n = 13) | High FLOW Group (n = 52) | |||||
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Engagement | Mean | Std. | Mean | Std. | t | Sig. |
Cognitive | 3.442 | 0.305 | 4.11 | 0.449 | –5.049 | 0.000 *** |
Behavioral | 3.125 | 0.392 | 3.694 | 0.454 | –4.149 | 0.000 *** |
Emotional | 3.323 | 0.482 | 4.003 | 0.555 | –4.053 | 0.000 *** |
Social | 3.879 | 0.354 | 4.198 | 0.538 | –2.021 | 0.047 * |
Low ACT Group (n = 18) | High ACT Group (n = 43) | |||||
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Motivation | Mean | Std. | Mean | Std. | t | Sig. |
SE | 3.221 | 0.486 | 3.491 | 0.671 | –1.543 | 0.128 |
AS | 3.801 | 0.484 | 4.223 | 0.414 | –3.449 | 0.001 ** |
SV | 3.656 | 0.661 | 4.135 | 0.557 | –2.901 | 0.005 ** |
PG | 3.201 | 0.759 | 3.169 | 1.232 | 0.127 | 0.900 |
AG | 3.656 | 0.597 | 3.900 | 0.592 | –1.466 | 0.148 |
LE | 3.703 | 0.541 | 3.999 | 0.561 | –1.903 | 0.062 |
Low FLOW Group (n = 11) | High FLOW Group (n = 50) | |||||
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Motivation | Mean | Std. | Mean | Std. | t | Sig. |
SE | 2.986 | 0.576 | 3.506 | 0.608 | –2.586 | 0.012 * |
AS | 3.652 | 0.311 | 4.197 | 0.447 | –3.834 | 0.000 *** |
SV | 3.418 | 0.562 | 4.120 | 0.567 | –3.722 | 0.000 *** |
PG | 3.614 | 0.839 | 3.085 | 1.143 | 1.446 | 0.154 |
AG | 3.400 | 0.438 | 3.922 | 0.592 | –2.754 | 0.008 ** |
LE | 3.425 | 0.483 | 4.013 | 0.537 | –3.183 | 0.002 ** |
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Wu, Y.J.; Wu, C.-H.; Peng, K.-L. Effects of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement and Motivation in STEAM Education. Sustainability 2025, 17, 2755. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17062755
Wu YJ, Wu C-H, Peng K-L. Effects of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement and Motivation in STEAM Education. Sustainability. 2025; 17(6):2755. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17062755
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Yenchun Jim, Chih-Hung Wu, and Kang-Lin Peng. 2025. "Effects of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement and Motivation in STEAM Education" Sustainability 17, no. 6: 2755. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17062755
APA StyleWu, Y. J., Wu, C.-H., & Peng, K.-L. (2025). Effects of Creativity Styles on Learning Engagement and Motivation in STEAM Education. Sustainability, 17(6), 2755. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17062755