Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students


Autoria(s): Proctor, Romina M. J.; Burnett, Paul C.
Data(s)

2004

Resumo

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 (a = .93).

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/28468/

Publicador

Routledge

Relação

DOI:10.1080/10400410409534553

Proctor, Romina M. J. & Burnett, Paul C. (2004) Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students. Creativity Research Journal, 16(4), pp. 421-429.

Fonte

Division of Research and Commercialisation

Palavras-Chave #130305 Educational Counselling #Creativity Characteristics #Students #Measurement Instrument #Cognitive
Tipo

Journal Article