Kaufman / Plucker / Baer Essentials of Creativity Assessment

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-38302-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Essentials of Psychological Assessment

Discover practical, step-by-step instructions for accurately and effectively assessing creativity with Essentials of Creativity Assessment, a guide that provides useful information about using solid theoretical and research-based evidence for creativity assessment. Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively assess creativity, a popular measure of cognitive ability correlated with intelligence. Receive an overview of the wide variety of assessments that can be used to gauge creativity, enabling you to select the creativity assessment method that best fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that are involved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaufman, James C.

Plucker, Jonathan A.

Baer, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Series Preface.
One. Introduction to Creativity.
Two. Divergent Thinking Tests.
Three. The Consensual Assessment Technique.
Four. Assessment by Others: Teacher, Peer, and ParentMeasures.
Five. Self Assessment.
Six. Creativity, Intelligence, and Giftedness.
Seven. Moving Forward.
References.
Annotated Bibliography.
Index.
About the Authors.

Über Autor(innen)

James C. Kaufman, PhD, is an Associate Professor in theDepartment of Psychology at the California State University at SanBernardino, where he is also the director of the Learning ResearchInstitute. He has published over 120 books, articles, andchapters.
Jonathan A. Plucker, PhD, is a Professor of EducationalPsychology and Cognitive Science at Indiana University, where hedirects the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy.
John Baer, PhD, is a Professor of Educational Psychology atRider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He has publishedseveral books and scores of research articles and book chapters oncreativity, cooperative learning, and other educational psychologytopics.