Research on the Inhibitory Mechanism of Transactive Memory Systems and Group Characteristics on High School Students’ Creative Thinking Capacity: A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis Approach

Our country’s policy documents have put forward new requirements for the cultivation of students’ creative thinking in high school education, especially for the cultivation of creative thinking ability of students in the chemistry subject, which is a field of scientific education. In this context, this study introduces the concept of transactive memory system based on the research logic of educational psychology, and analyzes the configuration effect that inhibits the formation of creative thinking ability of high school students in the chemistry subject from the perspective of “transactive memory system-group characteristics”. Through the qualitative comparative analysis of fuzzy sets, it is found that the matching of transactive memory system and group characteristics sometimes inhibits the formation of creative thinking ability of high school students in the chemistry subject. Through the data analysis results of 179 high school student groups, it is found that there are two configurations that inhibit the formation of creative thinking ability of high school students in the chemistry subject, and low transactive memory system credibility and low group heterogeneity play a core role. The research results provide effective guidance for the theory and practice of high school chemistry education.