Numerous studies have examined the demographics and academic achievement of home-educating families and the students (e.g., Ray, 2017). An increasing number of scholars have become focused on an increasingly wider variety of topics with
respect to homeschooling. Recently, Michal Unger Madara and Iris BenDavid-Hadar probed the creative thinking and social competencies of home-educated children. This brief review will touch upon only the former topic in the study.
Methods
The researchers aimed to evaluate the creative thinking of homeschool children. “Creative thinking refers to the creative process of discovering new affiliations, conclusions, and connections …” (p. 7). To do this, the investigators gathered data from 549 participants who were between the ages of 8 and 12 years old. Of these, 280 were homeschooled students and 269
were public conventional (traditional) school students.
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Findings
None of the background variables was statistically significant in terms of explaining variance in creative thinking. “Model III reveals a significant statistical relationship between type of education and creative thinking (β = 0.43***). More specifically, students who are homeschooled have . . . . .
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