Motivational orientation and creativity
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Date
1989
Authors
Hawryluk, Paul
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1986
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of offering an
extrinsic reward to Individuals who were Involved In creative writing. Two
essential components of creative writing that were Investigated were the
quality of creative writing, as assessed by two raters who were working In
the domain of writing, and motivational orientation which was assessed
mainly by a locus of control test. A class of creative writing students
served as subjects. Complete data was obtained for 17 of them and partial
data for three more.
The motivational orientation of the class which served as subjects of
the study was profl1ed according to the locus of control test (I/E Scale) and
a Likert Scale that was created for this study. The results Indicated that
the class profile was no different than a random group of subjects.
The study explored the relationship between the creative quality of
writing students produced and Intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. Inter-rater
reltabl1lty on the samples of student writing could not be established
between the ratings of the two evaluators, so this question could not be
answered. Exploratory methods were used to explore the data for
discernible patterns, but none were found.
The study attempted to Investigate the differential effects of offering a
reward for writing on the subjects according to motivational orientation.
The use of exploratory methods failed to provide any evidence for any
differential effects.
The conclusion of the study was that creativity was a difficult area to
research, particularly using a quantitative approach. It was suggested that the study of creativ1ty and motivation be focused on established authors
whose creative quality had been already established by their publ1catlon
record. Then, by qualitative techniques such as Interviews, the motivational
styles of some of these established writers could be explored In the search
for patterns that could provide Information on the relationship between
motivation and creativity.
Description
viii, 73 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Creative writing -- Case studies , Motivation in education -- Case studies