Does project-based STEAM curriculum benefit 3-4-year-old preschoolers' creative potential? A pilot comparison with theme-based curriculum.

Front Psychol · 2026 · PMC13315036 · PMID 42382619

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Independent-samples t -tests revealed that such differences reached marginal significance for total creative potential as well as the fluency and originality dimensions ( p < 0.1).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although these between-group differences did not reach statistical significance, moderate effect sizes suggested meaningful practical advantages.

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Within-group analyses revealed significant or marginally significant increases in the experimental group across multiple dimensions, including flexibility, fluency, and originality.

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