ERIC Number: EJ1300354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Aug
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1932-202X
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Validity and Utility of the Test of Creative Thinking Drawing Production for Dutch Adolescents
Desmet, Ophélie Allyssa; van Weerdenburg, Marjolijn; Poelman, Mariska; Hoogeveen, Lianne; Yang, Yao
Journal of Advanced Academics, v32 n3 p267-290 Aug 2021
We examined the divergent validity and utility of the "Test for Creative Thinking--Drawing Production" (TCT-DP) in an identification protocol for high-ability students that included measures of intelligence, school motivation, inquisitiveness, creativity, and academic achievement. Data were collected from seventh-grade students across 6 years (n = 710). Small significant correlations between the different measures indicated that the TCT-DP did measure a construct separate from intelligence, school motivation, inquisitiveness, and academic achievement. Furthermore, creativity did not significantly affect academic achievement when controlling for intelligence, school motivation, and inquisitiveness. We did not find support for threshold theory. Finally, we concluded that the TCT-DP provides useful additional information on creativity for high-ability identification in which measures of intelligence, school motivation, and inquisitiveness are already included. Thus, this study's findings provide evidence for the utility and divergent validity of the TCT-DP when used with a Dutch population.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Test Use, Grade 7, Academically Gifted, Intelligence, Student Motivation, Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Middle School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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