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Volume 9, Issue 43 (12-2021)
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of using educational multimedia in storytelling on increasing the creativity of fourth grade elementary school students in the downtown area of Susangerd in 2019. The statistical population studied in this study was 109 male elementary school students in the downtown area of Susangerd city in the academic year 97-98. The sample size was 85 students according to Cochran formula and 50 students were selected by convenience sampling method and were divided into two groups (25 experimental and group, 25 control group). The semi-experimental research method is pre-test and post-test. The research instrument was the standard Torrance Creativity Testing Questionnaire (1979). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 30-minute storytelling experiment with multimedia teaching tools. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS 24 software. Statistical methods of t-test and U-test were performed. In the above instrument, the coefficient was 95%. The results showed that the use of educational multimedia in storytelling affects the creativity of fourth grade elementary school students in the downtown area, in other words, the use of educational multimedia in storytelling on fluidity, initiative, and flexibility. And it affects the development of students.
Mehrnoosh Bahadori, Dr Hadi Hasehmi Razini, Dr Mehdi Arabzade, Khadijeh Jeirani,
Volume 17, Issue 51 (10-2025)
Abstract
Background: Storytelling has a special role in curriculum and provides real and practical experiences for the pupils. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of storytelling based of skill training on anger control and reduction of behavioral problems in preschool children. Method: The purpose of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and follow-up with control group. Statistical population is all preschool children. From the target population, 20 children with behavioral problems were selected using available questionnaire results and were randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received twelve sessions of treatment program and the control group followed its normal schedule. Data were analyzed by repeated measures.Results: The results showed that storytelling based on skill training had a positive effect on the aggressive thoughts, feelings and behavior of preschool children. It also reduced behavioral problems in preschool children. The results of this study also showed that the positive effect of intervention on reducing behavioral problems and anger control was stable over time.
Conclusion: These findings show that storytelling is a simple, hassle-free and inexpensive way of teaching skills and intervention for preschool children.
