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50 Years of ERIC
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The Qatar Creativity Conference: Research and Recommendations for School, Family, and Society.
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Davis, Gary A.; Soliman, Abdalla M.; Kogan, Nathan – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1999
This article discusses the outcomes of a conference on creativity that drew approximately 75 participants from various Arab universities. Papers focused on models of creativity development, factors related to strengthening and measuring creative abilities, family educational and social institutions roles, and fostering creative development in…
Descriptors: Arabs, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
An Instrument for the Identification of Creativity
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Rimm, Sylvia; Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1976
Findings here indicate that an inventory can be constructed for a wide age range of elementary school children which can predict creativity. GIFT is easy to administer and score, and correlates with a composite creativity criterion, art teacher nominations, and scores on a Uses test. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Correlation, Creativity, Educational Testing, Measurement Instruments
In Frumious Pursuit of the Creative Person
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Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1975
Article described a test designed for easy administration and scoring which will predict actual, real-world creative behavior. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Individual Characteristics
Attitudes, Motivation, Sensation Seeking, and Belief in ESP as Predictors of Real Creative Behavior
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Davis, Gary A.; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1974
Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Creativity, Educational Research, Measurement Instruments
Faking High or Low Creativity Scores on the Adjective Check List.
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Ironson, Gail H.; Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1979
A study of 115 undergraduate psychology students was undertaken to determine (1) if the average college student could fake the response pattern of a highly creative person or an uncreative drudge, (2) if a social desirability scale could detect fakers, and (3) if high creativity is fakable, whether positive traits are more easily faked than…
Descriptors: College Students, Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests
Group Inventory for Finding Interests (GIFFI) I and II: Instruments for Identifying Creative Potential in the Junior and Senior High School.
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Davis, Gary A.; Rimm, Sylvia – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1982
Validation studies of the initial group inventory for finding interests (GIFFI) I and II were carried out with 1,024 students (grades 6-12). Internal consistency, reliability, and validity of the scales, which measure personality and biographical characteristics associated with creativity were substantiated. (CL)
Descriptors: Creativity, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Personality Measures
How Shall Creativity Be Measured? Torrance Tests, RAT, Alpha Biographical, and IQ
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Davis, Gary A.; Belcher, Terence L. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1971
Descriptors: Creativity Tests, Measurement Instruments, Test Validity
Instruments Useful in Studying Creative Behavior and Creative Talent. Part II. Noncommercially Available Instruments
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Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Creativity Tests, Measurement Instruments, Talent Identification
Let's Be an Ice Cream Machine! Creative Dramatics
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Davis, Gary A.; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1973
Suggested activities to sharpen a child's observation, listening, and other sensory skills and increase body awareness and control'' (Author)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Role Playing, Self Expression
Five Years of International Research with GIFT: An Instrument for the Identification of Creativity.
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Rimm, Sylvia; Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1980
It is concluded, among other things, that although GIFT criterion related validity is modest, it predicts creativity about as well as other more complicated instruments, and its reliability is much better than teacher ratings or nominations; and that it also appears to have international and cross cultural face validity. (DLS)
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
The Imagery-Creativity Connection.
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Daniels-McGhee, Susan; Davis, Gary A. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
This paper reviews historical highlights of the imagery-creativity connection, including early and contemporary accounts, along with notable examples of imagery in the creative process. It also looks at cross-modal imagery (synesthesia), a model of image-based creativity and the creative process, and implications for strengthening creativity by…
Descriptors: Creativity, Imagery, Imagination, Visualization