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Peer reviewedClapham, Maria M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
Effects that a creativity training program would have on divergent production subtests of the Structure-of-Intellect Learning Abilities Test were studied with 27 college students receiving training and 29 comparisons. Training appeared effective in increasing the production of units but not the production of relations or transformations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, College Students, Construct Validity, Creativity
Peer reviewedMaguire, Thomas; And Others – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Criticizes an article by Messick (1989) that emphasizes consequential validity (the potential and actual social consequences of test score interpretation and use) as a component of construct validity. Shows the profitability of separating the construct-indicator link from the indicator-score link, and the greater importance of the former.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Psychology, Construct Validity, Educational Testing
