This study investigated a new writing task that utilizes drawing to elicit students’ language and original thinking. Two forms of pictures were designed and administered to 118 children. One form was conventional and consisted of completed pictures, requiring students to simply describe the pictures in writing. The other form, which was new, comprised incomplete pictures, requiring students to first draw and then describe them in writing. The descriptions were scored for originality (to represent creative thinking) and vocabulary and text length (to reflect linguistic domains). The originality scores were higher for students who were given the unfinished pictures regardless of their writing proficiency. Vocabulary diversity and text length fluency depended on the level of writing proficiency: for poor writers, these abilities were facilitated when they were given completed pictures, while for good writers, the form variation made no difference. This study highlights that to stimulate original thinking, an unfinished picture form is useful because it affords students opportunities to express unique ideas regardless of poor or good writers.

This paper examines the effect of related search word stimuli in the process of design generation. In the process of design generation, words are given as stimuli. Especially through Wonderwheel service of Google, related search words are given by 5 levels. Google search is based on the collaboration philosophy. People's participation and contribution recreate knowledge and information, so these renewed and related search words update in real time by people are used as stimuli. Two problems with related search words are given to participants. After the design concept generation the results are analyzed by the usage of related search words and those of frequency, and creativity. These are the results of the research. 1) It is an important feature that higher levels words were more found in completed and creative ideas than lower levels. 2) It is found that the usage of multi words and conjunction with higher levels and lower levels words are observed in creative results. 3) As a result, in the process of design generation usage of related search words is effective, especially in using of multi words and higher levels words.

본 연구는 코칭을 활용한 레지오 에밀리아 접근법을 통해 유아의 언어창의성에 어떠한 변화가 있는지와 언어창의성 하위영역인 유창성, 독창성, 융통성에 어떠한 변화가 있는지 검증하는데 목적이 있다. 본 연구의 연구대상은 경기도 평택에 있는 어린이집에 다니는 만4·5세반 18명으로 6주동안 코칭을 활용한 레지오 에밀리아 접근법을 실시하였다. 유아기는 아직 사고의 틀이 고정적이지 않고 마음껏 상상의 나래를 펼칠 수 있는 언어 창의성 발달 최적의 시기이라 할 수 있다. 이 중요한 시기를 어떤 방법으로 언어 창의성을 발달시킬 수 있느냐가 관건이라 할 수 있다. 연구결과는 코칭을 활용한 레지오 에밀리아 접근법을 통해 유아의 언어창의성과 하위영역인유창성, 독창성, 융통성이 향상되었다. 코칭을 활용한 레지오 에밀리아 접근법은 유아가 스스로 생각하고 실천하며 또래들과의 상호작용, 토론을 통해 다양한 면에서 생각해 보도록 함으로써 창의성을 향상시키는데 효과적이라고 할 수 있다.