Creative thinking is a process through which individuals generate ideas that are simultaneously novel and meaningful within given social context. Historically, psychologists have closely studied the general creative capacity of young learners, as well domain-specific creativity experts. However, developmental trajectory from children's to experts' remains largely unmapped. In this article, we work address issue theoretically by drawing on one established conceptual framework academic...

In this study, we applied different text-mining methods to the originality scoring of Unusual Uses Test (UUT) and Just Suppose (JST) from Torrance Tests Creative Thinking (TTCT)–Verbal. Responses 102 123 participants who completed Form A B, respectively, were scored using three methods. The validity these was tested against TTCT’s manual-based a subjective snapshot method. Results indicated that systems are applicable both UUT JST items across forms students’ performance on those can predict...

Relational reasoning is the foundational cognitive ability to discern meaningful patterns within an informational stream, but its reliable and valid measurement remains problematic. In this investigation, of relational unfolded in three stages. Stage 1 entailed establishment a research-based conceptualization construct development corresponding Test Reasoning (TORR). 2 focused on reliability validity data from TORR. Analyses showed TORR be indicators students' reason relationally,...

Background The originality of divergent thinking (DT) production is one the most critical indicators creative potential. It commonly scored using statistical infrequency responses relative to all provided in a given sample. Aims Response frequency estimates vary terms measurement precision. This issue has been widely overlooked and addressed current study. Sample method Secondary data analysis 202 participants was performed. A total 900 uniquely identified were generated on three DT tasks...

In creativity research, ideational flexibility, the ability to generate ideas by shifting between concepts, has long been focus of investigation. However, psychometric work develop measurement procedures for flexibility generally lagged behind other creativity-relevant constructs such as fluency and originality. Here, we build from extant research theoretically posit, then empirically validate, a text-mining based method measuring in verbal divergent thinking (DT) responses. The empirical...

ABSTRACT Creativity can be assessed using various methods, including divergent thinking performance, self‐ratings, and teacher ratings. However, these measures may not always align, as they consistently identify creative potential in the same manner. The present study aimed to latent subgroups of students based on their observed originality, self‐efficacy, teacher‐rated academic achievement reading mathematics, demographic background characteristics. Data were collected from 243 elementary...

Relational reasoning, which has been defined as the ability to discern meaningful patterns within any informational stream, is a foundational cognitive associated with education, including in scientific domains. This study entailed analysis of instructional conversations an attending clinical neurologist and his team residents made diagnostic therapeutic decisions about actual patients hospital setting. The primary goal was investigate role 4 manifestations relational reasoning (i.e.,...

ABSTRACT How does creativity develop from a nearly ubiquitous and domain‐general capacity associated with playfulness openness to experience highly rarified domain‐specific ability invention innovation? In this short report, I describe along two dimensions: self‐ socially referenced creativity. self‐referenced creativity, only the creators themselves judge novelty usefulness of an idea, while in others make judgments. For education support it should therefore leverage (not squash) that...

With the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), many AI-derived techniques have been adapted into psychological and behavioral science research, including measure development, which is a key task for psychometricians methodologists. Ant colony optimization (ACO) an metaheuristic algorithm that has integrated structural equation modeling framework to search optimal (or near optimal) solutions. ACO-driven measurement emerging method constructing scales, but researchers generally lack...

With the particular technological challenges facing our twenty-first-century society, it is crucial that design engineers continue to foster innovative potential of students, as well identify underlying cognitive abilities which support process. In this investigation, we examine predictive link from an individual's analogical and relational reasoning ability their success using TRIZ (from Russian acronym for 'Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch' meaning theory inventive...

Single-timepoint educational measurement practices are capable of assessing student ability at the time testing but not designed to be informative capacity for developing in any particular academic domain, despite commonly being used such a manner. For this reason, practice systematically underestimates potential students from nondominant socioeconomic or ethnic groups, who may have had adequate opportunity develop various skills can nonetheless do so future. One long-standing approach...

This article addresses two goals. First, it considers the nature and importance of relational reasoning, ability to discern meaningful patterns within informational streams. Second, examines four principles about reasoning derived from empirical literature. Specifically, we argue that is foundational pervasive; varies as a consequence age, domain, context; can be measured in diverse ways; malleable teachable. Evidence supports each these principles, implications for educational policies...

Because of its fundamental relevance to scientific innovation, artistic expression, and human ingenuity, creativity has long been the subject systematic psychological investigation. Concomitantly, far-reaching effects stereotypes on various cognitive social processes have widely researched. Bridging these two literatures, we show in a series studies that related can both enhance diminish individuals' performance divergent thinking task. Specifically, Study 1 demonstrated participants asked...

Scholars have lamented that current methods of assessing student performance do not align with contemporary views learning as situated within students, contexts, and time. Here, we introduce describe one theoretical–psychometric paradigm—termed dynamic measurement—designed to provide a valid representation the way students respond school-based instruction by estimating potential those given their observed trajectory. We examine century-long history measurement, from its nascent theoretical...

As a profession, acting is marked by high-level of economic and social riskiness concomitantly with the possibility for artistic satisfaction and/or public admiration. Current understanding psychological attributes that distinguish professional actors incomplete. Here, we compare samples (n = 104), undergraduate student 100), non-acting adults 92) on 26 dimensions use machine-learning methods to classify participants based these attributes. Nearly all measured here displayed significant...