Effects of Linear and Non-linear Pedagogy on Motor and Cognitive Creativity

authors:

avatar Mina Asadi ORCID 1 , avatar Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi ORCID 2 , * , avatar Marzieh Entezari ORCID 3

Master of Science, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran Iran
Ph.D in Motor Learning, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
International Journal of Motor Control and Learning: Vol.5, issue 1; 1-9
published online: January 04, 2023
article type: Research Article
received: April 28, 2022
accepted: December 24, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52547/ijmcl.5.1.1

how to cite: Asadi M, Shamsipour Dehkordi P, Entezari M. Effects of Linear and Non-linear Pedagogy on Motor and Cognitive Creativity. J Motor Control Learn. 2023;5(1):e144171. https://doi.org/10.52547/ijmcl.5.1.1.

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of linear and non-linear pedagogy on motor and cognitive creativity with respect to the role of high and low memory inhibition. 
Methods: 40 students (age mean 7 ± 0.51 years) were divided into four groups (high inhibition and nonlinear training, low inhibition and nonlinear training, high inhibition and linear training, low inhibition and linear training). The training sessions included 6 weeks, 3 sessions per week, and 60 minutes each session. In the pretest, Torrance's cognitive thinking test and Bertsch's motor creativity test were performed on them and fundamental movements were performed in both linear and nonlinear methods. 
Results: The results of the 2 (type of training) × 2 (memory inhibition) analysis of covariance showed that in all components (fluency, originality and flexibility) of motor creativity and cognitive thinking, the nonlinear training group performed better than linear training (p ≤0.05). In fluency and originality of cognitive thinking, high memory inhibition groups were better than low memory inhibition groups (p ≤0.05). In the fluency of cognitive thinking, the nonlinear group had the highest score and the linear group had the lowest score. 
Conclusion: The results showed that the use of nonlinear training is more effective than linear training in improving motor creativity and cognitive thinking.

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