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Arabaci, Duygu; Baki, Adnan – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine the mathematical creativity of gifted and non-gifted students through the indicators of creativity (fluency, flexibility, and originality). The study involved 12 secondary school students (six gifted and six non-gifted) from different cities in the Black Sea Region of Türkiye. The data were collected…
Descriptors: Creativity, Academically Gifted, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
Kim, Hyunjee Hannah; Choi, Jin Nam – Creativity Research Journal, 2023
A core challenge for team innovation is the successful translation of creative ideas into innovation through implementation. This study examines the tension between internal and external team resourcing behaviors that account for how teams translate their creative ideas into implemented innovation. Drawing on conservation of resource theory, we…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Innovation, Concept Formation
Acar, Selcuk – Creativity Research Journal, 2023
Fluency confound (FC) has been a widely studied issue in divergent thinking (DT) tasks. In this study, the impact of DT task structure on FC was examined by focusing on activity level data from Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)-Figural. The TTCT-Figural involves two different task structures. Prompts in Activities 1 and 2 are designed for…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity Tests, Task Analysis, Cues
Tam, Cecilia S. Y.; Phillipson, Shane N.; Phillipson, Sivanes – Creativity Research Journal, 2023
Within Hong Kong educational reforms, creativity is defined as the ability to generate original ideas and solve problems, with schools implementing creativity development in accordance with their own needs. This study tested the hypothesis that Hong Kong Chinese students' adherence to Confucian cultural beliefs and their functions of personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Student Attitudes, Creativity
Xiangyou Shen – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
Emerging empirical evidence supports play's potential to stimulate and foster scientific creativity. Focusing on how play relates to scientific creativity in adulthood, this review synthesizes the current state of knowledge in four areas: the play element in scientific research, the playfulness of scientists, mechanisms through which play affects…
Descriptors: Play, Creativity, Scientific Concepts, Creative Thinking
Terzian, Sevan G.; Wright, Sage – American Educational History Journal, 2023
Histories of creativity have often included discussions of its origins and examined pivotal moments in their societal contexts (Nelson 2010; Simonton 2001; Still & d'Inverno 2016; Wasserman 2012). Some have considered creativity's compromised status among academics and in schools that resulted from divergent notions of what it means to create…
Descriptors: Educational History, Modern History, Educational Objectives, Social Values
Frith, Emily; Ponce, Pamela; Loprinzi, Paul D. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2021
The primary objective of this study was to contribute to the growing research discipline investigating the effects of physical exercise on divergent thinking creativity performance. Thirty-two students participated in this two-visit, within-subject intervention. Individuals consented to participate in two randomized, and counterbalanced,…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Concept Formation, Abstract Reasoning
López-Fernández, Verónica; Merino-Soto, César; Maldonado Fruto, María Luisa; Orozco Garavito, César Augusto – Creativity Research Journal, 2019
This study analyzed the internal structure of the Runco Ideational Behavior Scale (RIBS) in a sample of 116 Spanish-speaking individuals. The characteristics of the items and the structural relationship with the construct were analyzed. The results supported a 2-factor model and showed good discrimination. The reliability of the scores was…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Creativity, Creative Thinking
Hetzroni, Orit; Agada, Hila; Leikin, Mark – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study investigated creative thinking abilities among two groups of 20 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared to 20 children with typical development ages 9-11. The study compared performance on two different creativity tests: general creativity (Pictorial Multiple Solutions-PMS) test versus mathematical creativity (Creating…
Descriptors: Creativity, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children
Ainur Nurakenova; Karakat Nagymzhanova – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024
The relevance of the study is conditioned by the need for competitive, non-standard-thinking specialists who can shift from conventional thinking patterns, and quickly solve problems and situations, i.e., show creativity in certain conditions, as a quality inherent in every person who strives for comprehensive development. The purpose of the study…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Thinking, Cognitive Processes, Psychological Patterns
Kai Wang; Boxiang Dong; Junjie Ma – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
In crowdsourcing ideation websites, companies can easily collect large amount of ideas. Screening through such volume of ideas is very costly and challenging, necessitating automatic approaches. It would be particularly useful to automatically evaluate idea novelty since companies commonly seek novel ideas. Four computational approaches were…
Descriptors: Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Creativity, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
Dirk De Clercq; Imanol Belausteguigoitia – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
This study adds to creativity research by investigating the connection between employees' ruminations about life-threatening crises and their creative work behavior, with a specific focus on the mediating role of their experiences of personal life-to-work conflict and the moderating role of their resilience in this connection. Cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creativity Tests, Creative Thinking, Health Personnel
Amani Qashmer; Jehad Al-Anati; Manal Dawoud; Mais Al-Nasa'h; Safa Al-Ali – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
Recently, numerous training programs have been proposed to enhance children's creative abilities. This study aimed to examine the impact of a SCAMPER-based training program on developing creative thinking among kindergartners in Jordan. The intervention is expected to provide evidence that could serve as a foundation for fostering creative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Wieth, Mareike B.; Francis, Andrea P. – Teaching of Psychology, 2018
The interdisciplinary topic of creativity is both fascinating and controversial. In this review, we begin by highlighting the many ways that researchers conceptualize and define creativity, focusing in particular on the difference between everyday creativity and creativity associated with exceptional breakthroughs in thinking. In addition, we…
Descriptors: Creativity, Individual Differences, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking
Theeraphan Julkaew; Khajornsak Buaraphan – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2025
This study aimed to develop the STREAM (Science-Technology-Religion-Engineering-Art and Mathematics) teaching model for enhancing grade 8 students' creative and engineering design process skills. The innovative STREAM teaching model consisted six common teaching steps: a) Introduce the STREAM situation; b) Identify the targeted problem; c) Explore…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Religious Education, Religion

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