The Effectiveness of Schoology on Student’s Creative Thinking Skills in Visual Art Subject

Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness of Schoology on students’ art achievement and creative thinking skills in learning Visual Art at Independent Chinese High School (ICHS) in Penang. A quasi-experimental research design was chosen for this study where pre-test and post-test was imposed on the students. A total of 80 junior middle level two students from ICHS were the samples of this study.  The findings showed that the students’ using Schoology scored higher in their art achievement and creative thinking skills compared to the control group. Meanwhile, Pearson correlation results revealed that there was a significant positive correlation between the students’ art achievement and creative thinking skills in learning Visual art (r=0.302). The findings exhibited that using Schoology has a positive effect on the student’s creative thinking skill in Visual Art learning in Independent Chinese High Schools (ICHS). Therefore, the researcher highly believed that using Schoology in Visual Art learning should attract teachers, students, and other researchers’ attention to implement the use of Schoology in learning Visual Art.