Search for dissertations about: "creative ability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the words creative ability.

  2. 1. Being creative and resourceful : Individuals’ abilities and possibilities for self-management of chronic illness

    Author : Åsa Audulv; Kenneth Asplund; Karl-Gustaf Norbergh; Karin Axelsson; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-management; self-care; chronic illness; chronic disease; qualitative research; life conditions; beliefs and values; self-management integration; longitudinal; Egenvård; sjukdomshantering; kronisk sjukdom; kvalitativ forskning; livsvillkor; värderingar; egenvårds integrering; hantering; anpassning; Nursing; Omvårdnad;

    Abstract : Individuals’ self-management styles are crucial for how they manage to live with illness. Commonly investigated factors include social support, self-efficacy, health beliefs, and demographics. There is a gap in the literature with regard to in-depth studies of how those factors actually influence an individual’s self-management. READ MORE

  4. 2. GeoGebra, Enhancing Creative Mathematical Reasoning

    Author : Jan Olsson; Carina Granberg; Johan Lithner; Kristina Juter; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Linjära funktioner; dynamiska programvaror; problemlösning; resonemang; Utbildning och lärande; Education and Learning;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of four articles and this summarizing part. All parts have focused on bringing some insights into how to design a didactical situation including dynamic software (GeoGebra) to support students’ mathematical problem solving and creative reasoning as means for learning. The four included articles are:I. Granberg, C. READ MORE

  5. 3. Do you dare to think outside the box? : Impacts of alcohol, negative affect and evaluation apprehension on inhibition of creative performance

    Author : Nina Svensson; Per Kristensson; Renée Perrin-Wallqvist; Ingegerd Carlsson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Creativity; inhibition; group work; alcohol; emotion; creative self-efficacy; evaluation apprehension; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : Conditions relating to evaluation apprehension, alcohol and affect were investigated in relation to creative performance. Study I compared group work with individual work, and control conditions were compared with de Bono creativity-enhancing techniques. READ MORE

  6. 4. Investigating the role of spatial ability as a factor of human intelligence in technology education : Towards a causal theory of the relationship between spatial ability and STEM education

    Author : Jeffrey Buckley; Niall Seery; Donal Canty; Lena Gumaelius; David Spendlove; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Education is a particularly complex discipline due to the numerous variables which impact on teaching and learning. Due to the large effect of human intelligence on the variance in student educational achievement, there is a substantial need to further contemporary understandings of its role in education. READ MORE

  7. 5. Creative activities as intervention in mental health. Exploring the concept and the occupational value of creative activities as intervention

    Author : Bodil Winther Hansen; Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Art; concept formation; crafts; creativity; mixed methods; occupational therapy; occupational value; recovery; therapeutics; psychiatry;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on describing the concept of creative activities as intervention (CaI) and the occupational values experienced in doing CaI. Creative activities are frequently used as interventions in occupational therapy and are associated with subjective health and wellbeing. READ MORE