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EFFECTS OF PICTURES IN TEXTBOOKS ON STUDENTS' CREATIVITY
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Multi Disciplinary Edu Global Quest (Quarterly), Volume4, Issue2#14, April 2015 
www.mdegq.com 
Page 83 
ISSN 2250 - 3048 
EFFECTS OF PICTURES IN TEXTBOOKS ON STUDENTS’ 
CREATIVITY 
Sara Kasmaienezhadfard 
PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction (Educational Science) 
University Putra Malaysia (UPM) 
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Masoumeh Pourrajab 
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 
Faculty of Education, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia 
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Mohtaram Rabbani 
PhD Candidate in Psychology of Child Development 
University Putra Malaysia (UPM) 
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ABSTRACT 
One essential key element of the curriculum is the textbook which provides a clear structure for 
teachers and students. This paper is study based on the literature and previous research papers to 
explain the importance of textbooks as well as effect of pictures in the textbooks on student’s 
creativity. Images in the textbooks influence the learning process. Students often see pictures 
before reading the text and these pictures can enhance the power of imagination of the students. 
The findings of this study show that the pictures in textbooks can increase students’ creativity. 
The use of images for educational intention and learning is a vital, but designer of textbook 
should be aware of the utility of an image. This study aimed to help the curriculum planners and 
designers to reveal the points of strength of textbooks to be reinforced and the points of
weakness to be avoided and treated in the future. 
Key words:
Textbook, Pictures, Creativity, Students 

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Multi Disciplinary Edu Global Quest (Quarterly), Volume4, Issue2#14, April 2015 
www.mdegq.com 
Page 84 
ISSN 2250 - 3048