Threshold Effects of Creative Problem-Solving Attributes on Creativity in the Math Abilities of Taiwanese Upper Elementary Students

Table 4

One-way analysis of variance results for group differences in Convergent Thinking, Environment, General Knowledge and Skills, Divergent Thinking, and Motivation among the three attribute pattern clusters.

	Cluster	N	M	SD	F		Tukey
Convergent Thinking; (8 items)	Cluster 1	62	1.93	5.65	166.93	0.000	Cluster 2 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster
	Cluster 2	113	2.54	4.37
	Cluster 3	124	3.47	4.17
	Total	299	2.80	6.67
Environment; (11 items)	Cluster 1	62	1.93	6.70	173.68	0.000	Cluster 2 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster
	Cluster 2	113	3.38	7.58
	Cluster 3	124	3.93	8.05
	Total	299	3.31	11.18
General Knowledge and Skills; (5 items)	Cluster 1	62	1.93	3.81	99.13	0.000	Cluster 2 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster
	Cluster 2	113	2.70	4.19
	Cluster 3	124	3.60	3.81
	Total	299	2.92	5.10
	Cluster	N	M	SD	F		Games-Howell
Divergent Thinking; (10 items)	Cluster 1	62	2.07	6.18	267.43	0.000	Cluster 2 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster
	Cluster 2	113	2.37	4.08
	Cluster 3	124	3.62	5.23
	Total	299	2.93	8.44
Motivation; (7 items)	Cluster 1	62	2.10	5.23	103.93	0.000	Cluster 2 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster; Cluster 3 > Cluster
	Cluster 2	113	2.52	3.68
	Cluster 3	124	3.34	4.09
	Total	299		5.48

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