The Death of Creativity Measurement Has Been Greatly Exaggerated: Current Issues, Recent Advances, and Future Directions in Creativity Assessment.

Plucker, Jonathan A.; Runco, Mark A.

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ERIC Number: EJ575338

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Death of Creativity Measurement Has Been Greatly Exaggerated: Current Issues, Recent Advances, and Future Directions in Creativity Assessment.

Plucker, Jonathan A.; Runco, Mark A.

Roeper Review, v21 n1 p36-39 Sep 1998

Discusses a few of the current concerns about creativity measurement, including fluency as a contaminating influence on originality scores and the controversy over creative generality vs. content specificity. Describes recent advances in creative measurement and proposes possible future directions for psychometric approaches to creativity research. (CR)

Descriptors: Creativity, Divergent Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques, Measures (Individuals), Research Needs, Student Evaluation, Test Validity

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme Issue: Creativity and Gifted Education.