Creativity Assessment in Young Children
- Author(s):
- Ward, William C.
- Publication Year:
- 1974
- Report Number:
- RM-74-05
- Source:
- ETS Research Memorandum
- Document Type:
- Report
- Page Count:
- 12
- Subject/Key Words:
- Children, Creativity Tests, Predictive Measurement, Testing Problems
Abstract
Some of the conceptual and methodological problems in identifying and measuring creativity in young children are presented. Among the issues raised are: (1) the prediction of validity of creativity tests, (2) the problem of predicting adult creativity from evidence of childhood creativity, and (3) the need to identify and adequately measure the various components of creativity rather than grouping these components under the rubric "creativity," and (4) the need to discover the relationships among the various components of creativity.
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