Lori and her group of "explorers" are given the whole term to create a "space alien." They have to describe their alien to parents, peers, and teachers on the last class day. They have no restrictions on the project, and they receive a group grade for creativity. According to research on creativity, which of the following is most likely?

A. The students won't know how to do the project without a great deal of teacher support and direction.

B. The students will only be successful if they are naturally artistic.

C. The students won't put too much effort into the project because they will not receive individual grades.

D. The students will likely be more creative in designing their alien, because they are not afraid of failing or getting it wrong.

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Alanna Shaffer

28 April, 04:07

Lori and her group of "explorers" are given the whole term to create a "space alien." They have to describe their alien to parents, peers, and teachers on the last class day. They have no restrictions on the project, and they receive a group grade for creativity. According to research on creativity, which of the following is most likely?

A. The students won't know how to do the project without a great deal of teacher support and direction.

B. The students will only be successful if they are naturally artistic.

C. The students won't put too much effort into the project because they will not receive individual grades.

D. The students will likely be more creative in designing their alien, because they are not afraid of failing or getting it wrong.

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Irene Nash · Answer 1

Answer: Option (D) is correct option.

Explanation:

According to the question, student will tend to be creative in project making of alien as per creativity research. They are getting complete freedom to perform the project and group grade will invoke reliability and group work to receive goal. Thus, they will succeed as presence of fear for getting project wrong or failure is not present.

Other options are incorrect because students can perform group activity without support of peer and teacher. They can succeed without artistic background and all will put effort for the group grade. Thus, the correct option is option (D).