Effecct of problema-solving on motor creativity: Professional School of Physical Education- UNAC, 2026
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v81.119040Keywords:
Driving creativity, physical education, university students, motricity, problem solvingAbstract
Introduction: Motor creativity was considered a fundamental cornerstone in the comprehensive development of physical education students, enabling adaptive and innovative responses. Problem-solving pedagogically stimulated this divergent capacity.
Objective: The study identified the effect of problem-solving on motor creativity in 138 physical education students at the National University of Callao during the 2025 academic year.
Methodology: A quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design was employed. The sample was evaluated through systematic observation during sports game sessions, applying Student's t-test and Wilcoxon tests.
Results: The intervention was shown to significantly improve overall motor creativity and its dimensions of originality and elaboration. Motor fluency did not show a statistically significant relationship, and flexibility yielded inconsistent results.
Discussion: The findings were consistent with national and international research highlighting the superiority of active methods for fostering psychomotor autonomy, validating the importance of the problem-solving approach to enhance university motor performance.
Conclusions: It was concluded that problem-solving acted as an effective catalyst for developing the qualitative dimensions of motor creativity. This pedagogical strategy is fundamental for generating innovative motor solutions in higher education.
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