Demonstrating the Impact of Brainstorming Technique on EFL Students and its Consequences for Improving the Creativity of Solving- Problems During Times of Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims at studying the impact of utilizing brainstorm technique in improving creative problem-solving abilities among EFL students through the approved E-Learning as a means of distance learning under the current circumstances of Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the subject. The sample of the study contains (96) students from College of Education for Women, Tikrit University. The sample is divided into two groups. Firstly, the experimental group which consists of (46) students who are taught by means of brainstorming technique in the course of improving thinking abilities during in the academic year 2019/2020. Secondly, the control group consists of (50) students. The research devices used in this study includ a program of brainstorming technique and Torrance creative thinking test. The results reveal statistical significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) between the experimental group and the control group in the total score and the sub scores of the creative thinking for the experimental group. This result indicates the impact of brainstorming technique for improving creative thinking abilities. The researcher recommends applying this technique to universities as well as performing more studies regarding its impact on different samples and under other conditions.