Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students
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Article Title | Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students |
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ERA Journal ID | 6207 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Jamieson-Proctor, Romina (Author) and Burnett, Paul C. (Author) |
Journal Title | Creativity Research Journal |
Journal Citation | 16 (4), pp. 421-429 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2004 |
ISSN | 1040-0419 |
1532-6934 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326934crj1604_5 |
Abstract | This article describes the theoretical underpinning and development of a measurement instrument that provides teachers with a tool to observe the personal creativity characteristics of individual students. The instrument was developed by compiling a list of characteristics derived from the literature to be indicative of the personal characteristics of creative people. The list was then reduced by grouping like characteristics to 9 cognitive and dispositional traits that were considered appropriate for elementary students. The 9-item instrument was then administered in 24 classrooms to 520 Year 6 and Year 7 students. Factor analysis using maximum likelihood extraction with an oblimin rotation revealed a single factor with an eigenvalue greater than 1 and accounting for 63% of the variance. All 9 items on this factor loaded at. 72 or greater. The results indicated that the Creativity Checklist has very high internal consistency and is a reliable measurement instrument (α = .93). |
Keywords | personal creativity characteristics; creative people; cognitive and dispositional traits; Creativity Checklist |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390402. Education assessment and evaluation |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Griffith University |
Charles Sturt University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zwyz/measuring-cognitive-and-dispositional-characteristics-of-creativity-in-elementary-students
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