The Effects of Visual thinking based Science learning onCreative Thinking Process and
Learning Motivation ofElementary School Students*Yoon Hee SangMajor in Educational
Psychology and Learning ConsultationGraduate School of EducationDaegu National
University of Education(Supervised by Professor Lee Myung Sook)The purpose of this
research was to examine the effects of visual thinkingbased science learning on
creative thinking process and learning motivation ofelementary school students. 50
students from a elementary school in S. cityparticipated in this research and they
were randomly assigned into two groups.The experimental group was composed of
25, and the control group was composedof 25. The research design was
pretest-posttest control group.The results of this study were as follows:First, it was
shown that visual thinking based science learning influenced to theimprovement on
creative thinking process of elementary school students. Second, itwas shown that
visual thinking based science learning influenced to theimprovement on learning
motivation of elementary school students. As mentionedabove, visual thinking based
science learning has been shown to be effective inimproving creative thinking process
and learning motivation of elementary schoolstudents.The implications and suggestions
for future study were described.The results of this study suggest that visual thinking
based learning at schooleducation. It can be a meaningful means to develop creative
thinking process and* A thesis submitted to the Council of the Graduate School of
Daegu National University ofEducation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Education inFebruary 2020.- 51 -learning motivation required in
future society. From this, the results of this studyshowed that visual thinking can be
fully utilized in learning.Key words: visual thinking, creative thinking process, learning
motivation