Measuring creativity and critical thinking in primary school

Occupation: Research assistant
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of Education, Center for Psychometrics and Measurements in Education
Address: Moscow, Potapovskiy lane, 16, building 10

E. Orel

Occupation: Researcher
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of Education, Center for Psychometrics and Measurements in Education
Address: Potapovskiy lane, 16, building 10

I. Brun

Occupation: Junior Researcher
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of Education, Center for Psychometrics and Measurements in Education
Address: Potapovskiy lane, 16, building 10

Journal name

Psikhologicheskii zhurnal

Edition

Volume 41 Issue 6

Pages

96-107

Abstract

The procedure for developing of a tool for evaluating creativity and critical thinking of primary school pupils performed in the logic of “systematic approach to the development of measuring tools” (Evidence-centered Design; ECD) is described in the article. The computerized test is a set of scenarios where the pupil in a playful way has to solve a problem from his/her everyday experience (to design a home aquarium, to invent a character for a fantastic story, etc.). Theoretical analysis of the measured constructs is given according to the ECD methodology, their structure is proposed, the developed scenarios as well as an empirical study (N = 909 fourth-grade students) are described. As a result, the validity of the developed tool including compliance with theoretical expectations about the structure of creativity and critical thinking in early school age has been confirmed.

Keywords

Evidence-centered Design, validation of measurement tools, primary school

Received

11.09.2020

Publication date

27.11.2020

Number of characters

31461

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GOST	Uglanova I., Orel E., Brun I. Measuring creativity and critical thinking in primary school // Psikhologicheskii zhurnal – 2020. – V. 41. – Issue 6 C. 96-107 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://psy.jes.su/S020595920011124-2-1 (circulation date: 23.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020595920011124-2
MLA	Uglanova, Irina, Orel, E., Brun, I. "Measuring creativity and critical thinking in primary school." Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 41.6 (2020):96-107. DOI: 10.31857/S020595920011124-2
APA	Uglanova I., Orel E., Brun I. (2020). Measuring creativity and critical thinking in primary school. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal 41(6), pp.96-107 DOI: 10.31857/S020595920011124-2

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