Description and Analysis of Educational Facilities Design Criteria Based on Creative thinking from the Perspective of Educational Technology Specialists

Shahin Valian, Faramarz Malekian and Mehrnaz Foroughinia

International Journal of Asian Social Science, 2013, vol. 3, issue 2, 542-551

Abstract: The aim of this study is description and analysis of educational facilities design criteria based on creative thinking from the perspective of educational technology specialists. Study's method is descriptive-surveyand it is polling type. Method description - is a survey of surveys. Population consists of full-time faculty members in the field of educational technology at the University of Tehran that are 36 persons. Tools for data collection are questionnaire responses depending on the research questions that the research was conducted on the Likert scale. Questionnaire's reliability obtained based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient that was 74%. To analyze data in statistical methods frequency distribution, percentage, frequency, mean, and statistical tables were used. Results of one-sample z-test were used for statistical analysis. Based on the results, obtained z for standard colors equals to 8.98, because the subjects' average (27.38) and compare it with the hypothetical average of (15) it can be said that obtained average by hypothetical population mean has significant difference. For sound scale (phoneme) equals 3.52 based on testees' mean (27.77) and to compare it with society's hypothetical average (17.5) it can be said that that obtained average has significant difference with society's hypothetical average. For thermal condition scale (heat )it was equal to 2,.26 because regarding testee's average ( 14.77) and to compare with society's hypothetical average (10) it can be said that obtained average has significant difference with society's hypothetical mean. Therefore it can be concluded that there is a significant relationshipbetween design criteria of educational facilities and increase in students' creative thinking from the perspective of educational technology specialists at the 5% level.

Keywords: Design; Design criteria of educational places; Creative thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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