Divergent thinking

Guilford Alternative Uses Task

Wallas and Kogan  

Torrance Test of Creative Thinking

 

Convergent thinking

Insight Problems

Remotes Associations Task

 

Artistic assessments

Barron-Welsh Art Scale

 

Self assessment

Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory

How Do You Think

Things Done on Your Own

The Creativity Behavior Inventory

RIBS

Creative Attitude Survey

Statement of Past Activities

NEO-PI-R 

Gough Personality Scale

 

Other Assessment

Creativity Assessment Packet

Preschool and Kindergarten Interests Descriptors

Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students

 

 

Creativity Test: Creativity Assessment Packet (Williams, 1980)
(For more information, contact Gayle Dow, Indiana University)

There are three components to the Creativity Assessment Packet:

1. The Exercise in Divergent Feeling is a 50-item creativity assessment that provides scores for overall creativity, curiosity, imagination, complexity, and risk taking

2.  Exercise in Divergent Thinking includes a figural assessment of creativity where the examinee is asked to complete a series of 12 incomplete drawings in an original way and create a title.  The end product is assessment on originality, fluency, flexibility, and elaboration.  The title is scores based on length, complexity, creativity and humor.

3. The Williams Scale is an assessment of creativity completed by the child's parent or teacher.  It contains 48-items assessing originality, fluency, flexibility, elaboration, curiosity, imagination, complexity, and risk taking.

Example
 

Please respond to the following questions about your child

My child has a vivid imagination

Strongly   Disagree Disagree    Neutral Agree Strongly Agree


 


Scoring

Scoring is 1 point for correct and 0 for incorrect.   

Administration

The Creativity Assessment Packet is administered by a parent, caregiver, or teacher.
 

Also see

Insight Problems


 

 


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For more information about this course, e-mail:cjbonk@indiana.edu, E-Learning Professor Curtis J. Bonk,
Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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