Jamieson-Proctor, Romina and Burnett, Paul C. (2004) Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students. Creativity Research Journal, 16 (4). pp. 421-429. ISSN 1040-0419
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).
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Author's Version not available. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Historic - Faculty of Education |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2010 06:06 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2016 00:22 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | personal creativity characteristics; creative people; cognitive and dispositional traits; Creativity Checklist |
| Fields of Research : | 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930103 Learner Development C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9301 Learner and Learning > 930199 Learner and Learning not elsewhere classified |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1207/s15326934crj1604_5 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/7878 |
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