TITLE:
Quality and Applicability: Two Necessary Requirements in Instruments That Measure Creative Potential, for Use in the Classroom
AUTHORS:
Nazira Píriz Giménez, Joselín Cantero, Virginia Mallarini, Jerónimo Tucci, Diana Shablico, María Noel López Larrama
KEYWORDS:
Promotion of Creativity in the Classroom, Creative Classrooms, Measure of Creativity, CREA Test, Creative Qualities
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.13,
December
11,
2019
ABSTRACT: Creativity is a growing demand in today’s world.
Education for creativity takes hierarchy, as well as the search for ways to
evaluate its promotion. This paper presents partial results of a research
project aimed at the study of the promotion of creative qualities in science
education. The CREA test was used as an instrument to evaluate the creativity
of students. The results allow us to propose limitations of this test as a tool
for a global measure of creativity. The conventional analysis could measure one
of the creative qualities: fluidity. The assessment of other creative qualities
could benefit from a modified analysis. Some modifications like test time,
could improve the measure of flexibility and elaboration. The applicability of
the CREA test may not be accompanied by quality to the extent of creative
potential.