Research on gender differences in creativity, including creativity test scores, creative achievements, and self-reported creativity is reviewed, as are theories that have been offered to explain such differences and available evidence that supports or refutes such theories. This is a difficult arena in which to conduct research, but there is a…

The effects of a facilitating model on college students were examined in a creativity study. Predictions were as follows: those modeling a creative experimenter would show more creativity than would control group subjects; those scoring high on the "Torrance Test of Creative Thinking" would also score high on the "Remote Associations Test (RAT);"…

The possibility of a time sensitive relationship between scores on the Dean Miholasky precognition test and those on Activity 2 of the Torrance Test for Creative Thinking was investigated with 58 freshmen students in a school of engineering. The Torrance Test consists of three activities that present a series of figural stimuli to the subject who…

The author reviews the literature and offers recommendations regarding the measurement and identification of creative potential. The assessment of creative thinking in measures of intellectual ability is discussed, and various definitions of creativity are cited. Measurement problems are identified and several creativity measures (especially the…

This project studied pupil creativity in terms of the interdependence of the affective and cognitive domains. The relationships of the two facets were studied over the period of a full school year with 945 fifth grade pupils from a small urban district. Over the period of the study, growth was apparent in both domains. Parallel testings of the two…

The Office of Gifted and Talented, New Jersey, and the Department of Education and Industrial Arts of Glassboro, South Carolina, cosponsored the first "Olympics of the Mind," a competition designed to develop and recognize the creative talents of high school students. The activity is described, and information for schools and teachers is provided.…

This study evaluated the hypothesis that affective components of creativity (attitudes, values, interest, motivations) may be strengthened in a university creativity course. A two-group, two-test design was used. For each class, the after-training creativity test scores were significantly higher than the before-training scores of the other class.…

The sensitivity of creative thinking measured by the Torrance Tests with an experimenter-induced response set was investigated. Subjects (n=198) were divided into four groups and each was given a unique set of instructions. A multivariate Dunnett test showed that the Torrance Tests were highly sensitive to experimenter manipulation. (Author/DWH)

The Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production, an open-ended drawing test, is an approach to assessing and identifying students' creativity in terms of 11 criteria: completion; additions; new elements; connections with a line; connections with a theme; boundary-breaking, fragment-dependent; boundary-breaking, fragment-independent; perspective;…

Two frequent criticisms, that they are "merely verbal," and inimical to "higher" functions, notably creativity, are argued as not intrinsic to "objective" type tests. (Editor)

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In contrast to previous findings, extended effort does not indiscriminately enhance figural originality in nonverbal creative problem solving. (Authors/CB)

Lists a number of people who were creative and some who were not. Their example may serve as a guide for students involved in creative effort. (RK)