This paper describes an action research, school situated project conducted with partnership funding from Learning and Teaching Scotland, Scottish Qualifications Authority and Becta, the UK government's agency for communications technology in education. Based on "e-scape" (e-solutions for creative assessment in portfolio environments),…

The validity of the creativity scale of the Adjective Check List was investigated with a sample of inventors and non-inventors. Eight scales of the Adjective Check List showed significant differences for the two groups, including the creativity scale. (Author/JKS)

The correlation between number of words used to describe an imaginary picture on the blank card of the Thematic Apperception Test and creativity scores was examined with 47 undergraduate women. Results indicated length of response to the blank card correlated better with creativity than did length of response to picture cards. (DB)

It was hypothesized that individuals taking a test of creative thinking in dyads would attain a higher level of originality, and experience stronger feelings of stimulation, enjoyment, and originality of expression than individuals working alone under standard test conditions. Findings supported the hypotheses. (Author/TA)

A study involving 800 New York metropolitan high school students concluded that the Franck Drawing Completion Test can discriminate among high levels of creativity. (WY)

The author suggests that, although measuring creativity is a challenge, it is not impossible. Measures of the creative process are available, such as the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (CL)

The article discusses the need to control for fluency (the number of test items completed) in originality scores from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (Author/DLS)

The article reports on and discusses findings from a project to investigate students' perceptions and understandings of creativity as an assessment criterion within a specific context within the higher education curriculum. The study found that, although students were familiar with creativity as a requirement of course assessments across a great…

The Object Assembly and Block Design Tests of the Wechsler Scale were correlated with the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking for a sample of undergraduates. Results indicate that these Wechsler Scales may reflect creative thinking. (JKS)