Use of recyclable material as a teaching strategy and creativity of elementary school students

Abstract

Objective. To identify a correlation of recyclable material as didactic strategy in student’s creativity from 2nd grade of Elementary Education of I.E. “Matusita” of Huanuco, 2018. Method. It was a study with a quantitative approach, of a prospective, analytical, cross-sectional and observational type. The sample comprised 45 students from I.E. “Matusita” of Huanuco. Prior their parents’ consent. An observation guide on the use of recyclable material and creativity was applied. It was previously validated. Hypothesis was verified using the Kendall’s Tau-b test, considering a p <= 0.05. Ethical considerations were taken into account. Results. Use of recyclable material in 68.9% (31) of the study sample was an outstanding achievement. At creativity level, 33.3% (15). It was of a good standard. By contrasting study hypotheses, a relationship was found between the variables use of recyclable material as a teaching strategy and creativity in the fluency dimension (p = 0.0419) and elaboration (p = 0.022). No relationship was found between the use of recyclable material as a teaching strategy and creativity in general (p = 0.061), creativity in the flexibility dimension (p = 0.427) and originality (p = 0.237), rejecting the research hypothesis. Conclusion. Use of recyclable material by students in the 2nd grade of Elementary School is related to fluency and collaboration dimensions of creativity. It was the reason why the research hypotheses were accepted.