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Effect of pictures on creativity 
Definitely there are many ways to discover student’s creative potential, including 
through, the expressive arts, play art, movement, music, dance, language and drama (Cho & 
Kim, 1999). Previously, creativity was supposed playing a main role only in arts and literature 
field; but researchers have changed their assumption and realized that creativity is also important 
in other areas. Lonely knowledge is not sufficient to face the challenges in the competitive 
world; indeed, knowledge must come up with creativity (Daud, Omar, Turiman, & Osman, 
2012).
According to Li (1996) there is a strong relationship between intelligence and symbolic 
systems, he believed that intelligence is the using symbol systems accidentally which help person 
to think and learn. Acknowledging 
individuals
use wide range of symbolic systems as an aid in 
language, music, gesture, mathematics and pictures fields (Sternberg, 1997) for better expression 
and effected 
communication
so based on Li assumption images effect on creativity. 
The researchers found that the characteristics of textbooks have an impact on the motivation of 
the students. Students enjoyed the books that were fun or fear (Edmunds & Bauserman, 2006). 
They also prefer books with large pictures. Using pictures textbooks give a chance to new 
readers to be conscious about variety of art styles, media which artists use and improving their 
quality of judgment.
Some researchers have found that Picture’s textbook can motivate creativity (Kaufman, 
Lee, Baer, & Lee, 2007). Nonetheless, visuals in textbooks are extremely efficient in particular 
situation (Mayer, 2002). There are many discussions about role and efficiency of using visuals as 
a facilitator of learning in educational systems. Moreover, some studies proved that images in 
learning material are considered as attractive and cheerful factors of reading (Peeck, 1993) . 

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Multi Disciplinary Edu Global Quest (Quarterly), Volume4, Issue2#14, April 2015 
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Furthermore illustrations and images in textbooks can improve student's language and 
literacy (Fang, 1996). In addition the mixture of text with images and art give students 
opportunity to develop their imagination and curiosity (Tomlinson & Lynch-Brown, 1996). 
Creative activities are not simple tasks. For doing these acts, individuals need 
perseverance, persistence, and the ability to handle challenges that prevail when the student are 
involved in the tasks and enjoy them. In relation to the textbooks, it is proven that characteristics 
of the textbook affected students’ motivation and the opportunity for creativity (Edmunds & 
Bauserman, 2006). It should be noted that the improvement of creativity among students depends 
on the fact that the creativity differs between students greatly (Ruscio & Amabile, 1999). It is 
inspirational for teachers and pupils to have teaching and learning materials which are 
motivational and open to encouraging possibilities.