Essentials of Creativity Assessment
Published on 11. July 2008
304 pages
978-0-470-38302-5 (ISBN)
Description
Discover practical, step-by-step instructions for accurately and effectively assessing creativity with Essentials of Creativity Assessment, a guide that provides useful information about using solid theoretical and research-based evidence for creativity assessment. Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively assess creativity, a popular measure of cognitive ability correlated with intelligence. Receive an overview of the wide variety of assessments that can be used to gauge creativity, enabling you to select the creativity assessment method that best fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that are involved.
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James C. Kaufman | Jonathan A. Plucker | John Baer
Essentials of Creativity Assessment
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08/2008
Wiley
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Persons
James C. Kaufman, PhD, is an Associate Professor in theDepartment of Psychology at the California State University at SanBernardino, where he is also the director of the Learning ResearchInstitute. He has published over 120 books, articles, andchapters.
Jonathan A. Plucker, PhD, is a Professor of EducationalPsychology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University, where hedirects the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy.
John Baer, PhD, is a Professor of Educational Psychology atRider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He has publishedseveral books and scores of research articles and book chapters oncreativity, cooperative learning, and other educational psychologytopics.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Series Preface.
One. Introduction to Creativity.
Two. Divergent Thinking Tests.
Three. The Consensual Assessment Technique.
Four. Assessment by Others: Teacher, Peer, and ParentMeasures.
Five. Self Assessment.
Six. Creativity, Intelligence, and Giftedness.
Seven. Moving Forward.
References.
Annotated Bibliography.
Index.
About the Authors.
