ERIC Number: EJ1027037
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Dec
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0175
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Polite Girls and Creative Boys? Students' Gender Moderates Accuracy of Teachers' Ratings of Creativity
Gralewski, Jacek; Karwowski, Maciej
Journal of Creative Behavior, v47 n4 p290-304 Dec 2013
The aim of this study was to examine whether, and to what extent, teachers are able to recognize the creativity of their students. The study measured the creative abilities, creative attitude, creative activity, as well as intrinsic motivation, intelligence, and school functioning of 589 Polish high school students, while their teachers (N = 178) rated students' creativity. The structural equation model (SEM) demonstrated that the accuracy of teachers' ratings of students' creativity is generally low--the latent factor of students' creativity reliably, however weakly, predicted teachers' ratings. The accuracy of teachers' ratings was moderated by gender: Only in the case of male students did the latent creativity factor reliably predict teachers' ratings. Students' school functioning emerged as a key factor positively associated with the perception of students as creative.
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Creativity, Teacher Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Activities, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Structural Equation Models, Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Poland
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