The didactic program effectiveness of the higher functions of the nervous- executive on the creativity of Tabriz high school students

The aim of this study was to determine the didactic program effectiveness of the higher functions of the nervous executive on the creativity of Tabriz high school students. The current research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all male high school students in Tabriz in the academic year 2020-2021. Shahed and Velayat Boys' high school were selected as the sample from this community using purposive sampling method and Shahed Boys' guidance school (19 people) was randomly placed in the experimental group and Velayat school (21 people) placed in the control group. Students in the experimental group were taught neuro-executive functions in the field of cognitive flexibility in 8 sessions, planning and inhibition of the goal in 15 sessions and enhancement of the working memory at 6sessions. Abedi Creativity Questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using covariance test. Findings showed that training of excellent neuro-executive functions was significant in increasing creativity with an effect of 0.76 (F= 115.87 & P ˂ 0/01) and also in relation to the effectiveness of excellent neuro-executive functions on fluid components, expansion, initiative and flexibility with a positive effect of respectively 0.69, 0.54, 0.51 and 0.55 were reported to be significant. The results indicate that this method can be used as an instructional approach in the development of higher cognitive processes such as creativity in learners, which should be considered by groups such as counselors, school educators and educational planners.