Evaluation of Children's Creativity: Psychometric Properties of Torrance's "Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement" Test

Autor/inn/en	Zachopoulou, Evridiki; Makri, Anastasia; Pollatou, Elisana
Titel	Evaluation of Children's Creativity: Psychometric Properties of Torrance's "Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement" Test
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 179 (2009) 3, S.317-328 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Creativity Tests; Test Reliability; Psychometrics; Preschool Children; Testing; Comparative Analysis; Multivariate Analysis; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Greece; Greece (Athens) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Creativity test; Kreativitätstest; Testreliabilität; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Testdurchführung; Testen; Multivariate Analyse; Korrelation; Ausland; Griechenland
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the test-retest reliability of Torrance's "Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement" (TCAM) test and the relationship between TCAM and the Divergent Movement Ability (DMA) test. The TCAM and DMA tests were used for a sample of 115 children, while the whole experimental procedure included three testing sessions: first and second testing sessions for the TCAM test and retest, and third testing session for the DMA test. The time interval between the two testing sessions was two weeks and each testing session lasted approximately 10 days. The results for the comparison between the test and the retest session for TCAM showed a high intra-class correlation coefficient, and also the paired simple t-test indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the two testing sessions. Canonical correlation analysis revealed a high correlation between TCAM variables and DMA variables. A low value has been only reported concerning the variable of TCAM imagination. In conclusion, the present results are encouraging and seem to support the psychometric properties of TCAM for preschool-aged children, showing that TCAM is a valid and reliable instrument to measure creative movement in preschool children. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10