School education in the third millennium

School education in the third millennium

Exploring the Relationship between Creative Problem Solving and Reading Comprehension among Iranian EFL Students

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Keivan Geravand
PhD student in Educational Management, Islamic Education and Training Faculty, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jsetm.2024.455471.1033
Abstract
It seems that in the last twenty-five years there has been a real outlier in the number of studies on the psycho-physiological elements that relate to the field of second language (L2) and language (FL). In teaching English as a second language (ESL) or as a foreign language (EFL), the acquisition of the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking is considered important. However, reading is one of the most important skills for many EFL learners (Karl, 1998), especially for university students. Creative solution is a psycho-physiological component and an important factor in educational activity, whose role has not been considered in the subject.



Purpose:

This correlational study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between creative problem solving and reading comprehension in Iranian English language students.

Method: For this purpose, in this research, Hepner and Patterson’s creative solution test (1982) and content test were performed on 115 undergraduate students from three Lorestan universities.


Findings:

The results of data analysis showed that a) there is a positive and significant correlation between the level of students’ creative problem solving and their understanding of the material.



b) Linear regression showed that a style of students’ interest can be a predictor of their content.

Conclusion:
The present research shows that a creative problem as a psycho-physiological factor can be taught to students to achieve higher investigations in “comprehension” and directly by harming the problems they do in the process of doing a relationship.
Keywords
method of separation
creative solution of the issue
understanding of the content

Subjects

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