IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/vjerxx/v118y2025i4p376-385.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effects of biology design thinking, moderated by resilience, in enhancing cognitive flexibility

Author

Listed:
  • Joelash R. Honra
  • Sheryl Lyn C. Monterola

Abstract

Enhancing students’ cognitive flexibility is crucial for success in dynamic academic settings, yet traditional methods often fail to develop this skill. This study addresses the gap by investigating the effects of design thinking in biology lessons on high school students’ cognitive flexibility, while examining the moderating role of academic resilience. Using a quasi-experimental design, 97 students were divided into experimental and control groups, with the former receiving biology instruction enhanced with design thinking. Cognitive flexibility was measured through pre- and post-tests, and academic resilience was assessed for its moderating influence. The findings revealed that students exposed to design thinking-guided biology instruction showed significantly greater cognitive flexibility compared to the control group. Additionally, academic resilience amplified this effect, enhancing the benefits of design thinking in biology teaching. These results suggest that integrating design thinking into biology education, coupled with fostering academic resilience, can effectively boost students’ cognitive flexibility.

Suggested Citation

  • Joelash R. Honra & Sheryl Lyn C. Monterola, 2025. "Effects of biology design thinking, moderated by resilience, in enhancing cognitive flexibility," The Journal of Educational Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 118(4), pages 376-385, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:118:y:2025:i:4:p:376-385
    DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2025.2486477
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00220671.2025.2486477
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/00220671.2025.2486477?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:vjerxx:v:118:y:2025:i:4:p:376-385. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/vjer20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.