Measuring cognitive and dispositional characteristics of creativity in elementary students |
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| Authors: | Romina M J Proctor Paul C Burnett |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Education and Professional Studies , Griffith University , Parklands Drive, Gold Coast, Australia , Qld 4215 E-mail: r.proctor@griffith.edu.au;2. Charles Sturt University |
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| 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 (a = .93). |
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