Peer Status and Perceived Creativity: Are Popular Children Viewed by Peers and Teachers as Creative?.

Lau, Sing; Li, Wing-Ling

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ERIC Number: EJ549055

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Peer Status and Perceived Creativity: Are Popular Children Viewed by Peers and Teachers as Creative?.

Lau, Sing; Li, Wing-Ling

Creativity Research Journal, v9 n4 p347-52 1996

A study involving 633 Grade five Chinese students in Hong Kong found significant sex and popularity group differences in peer-nominated creativity and popularity group differences in teacher-rated creativity. Overall, peer status and perceived creativity were highly related. Students perceived boys as more creative than girls. (DB)

Descriptors: Creativity, Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Peer Acceptance, Peer Evaluation, Personality Traits, Popularity, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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