GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

This paper reviewed the roles of research methods in creativity studies. Majorly, the review showed that research methods are the techniques and methods which have to be taken for conducting research. Linking creative studies to the field of research, many experimental researchers view creativity as a cognitive process and require participants to solve problems in controlled settings. Creativity research was predominantly quantitative and psychometrics and experiment were the most frequently utilized quantitative methodologies. Furthermore, the paper reviewed some benefit creativity such as; problem solving, self-awareness and expression, faith and confidence in our instincts, creativity reduces stress and anxiety etc. Conclusively, some papers reviewed in this work viewed methodology as the general logic and theoretical perspective of a study, whereas methods only refer to specific strategies, procedures, and techniques of analyzing and interpreting data. One of the recommendations made in this paper was that academic institution should provide students with a creative environment, offering them mentors who, in addition to research competences in the narrow sense, also encourage students to develop a value system in the context of creativity in research.

KEYWORDS: Roles of Research Methods and Creativity Studies