Netla – Online Journal on Pedagogy and Education: Special issue 2021 – Menntakvika 2021 is published by Netla – Online Journal on Pedagogy and Education and the School of Education.
Editor: Jón Ásgeir Kalmansson. Katrín Johnson was responsible for the project management of the publication on behalf of the Educational research institute.
In this special issue are 4 articles (one in English). In addition to a general manuscript review, peer reviewed articles are read by the editorial board and peer-reviewed by two experts in the field of the subject. Full anonymity is maintained during the peer review.
Published: 31.12.2021
Article in English
Þóra Óskarsdóttir and Elsa Eiríksdóttir
Let them wonder: Incubation and task constraints in creative problem solving
Including incubation periods when solving creative tasks has been shown to benefit creative problem solving. However, practical implications and benefits of incubation are unclear, especially in a school setting. The aim of the current study was to assess whether having a highly constrained task is necessary for incubation periods to benefit creative problem solving. The results demonstrate that clear unchangeable tasks are necessary. Choice must therefore be constrained before the task is temporarily set aside, for incubation to benefit creativity. For practical applications in a school setting, this means that students should be encouraged to select a task early in the process of completing a creative assignment to benefit from incubation periods.
