The Effect of Creative Drama on Studentsʼ Social Adjustment, Moral Judgment and Creativity

This study aimed to determine the effect of the creative Drama on social adjustment, moral judgment and creativity of female students in the fourth grade of primary school in Ilam. A quasi experimental design was employed with pre test, post test and control group. The sampling was done through convinient sampling procedure in which the primary school teachers were asked to introduce those students they belived to be less skillful in terms of social adjustment, moral judgment and creativity. Then, 60 students who scored the lowest in the Califonia test of Personality (Clark, thrope & Typz, 1953), moral Judgment test (Dorgandn Sinha & Miravarma, 1998), and creativity attitude scale (schafer) were randomly assigned to one experimental and one control group. The experimental groups participated in 10 sessions of creative drama. The results of the ANCOVA revealed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group. It was concluded that creative drama had a significant effect on the social adjustment, moral judgment and creativity of fourth-grade primary school female students.