Examining the Assessment Tools Used for Creativity of Children in Turkey and Worldwide
Creativity has a structure that affects all areas of human growth and life. Particularly it is an important concept in terms of child development and education. Generally creativity is identified with art but today it has also a scientific value and creative thinking skills begin to have an import...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hacettepe University
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/327179 |
| Summary: | Creativity has a structure that affects all areas of human growth and life. Particularly it is an important concept in
terms of child development and education. Generally creativity is identified with art but today it has also a
scientific value and creative thinking skills begin to have an important role in education system of most countries
from elementary to university. As well as in the world in recent years also in our country the importance of
creativity education began to be noticed and is targeted to develop creativity and creative thinking skills in
various level of education. When viewed from this aspect it is important to define the potential of children’s
creative thinking, creative characteristics and development of creativity. How to define individuals-specific
cognitive and psychological processes such as creativity, developmental and psychological tests which is
appropriate to use on measuring this process and the value of assessment criterias for scientists has became more
important and has been focus of attention. There are many methods for measuring creativity. In this article we
aimed to investigate psychological tests which are used in measuring creativity of children in Turkey and in the
world. It is also valuable for being a guide those who wish to do research in the field of creativity in children. |
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| ISSN: | 2528-9918 |