Creative Instruments Research Articles

Cross-cultural measurement invariance of divergent thinking measures

An emerging trend in current creativity research is the cross-cultural comparison of creative potential. However, no studies have addressed the cross-cultural measurement invariance of creativity instruments, which refers to the instrument’s ability to assess the same construct across different cultures. This study investigated the latent structure and the degree of measurement invariance of two divergent thinking (DT) tests (the line meaning test and the real-world problem test) between American (n = 302) and Chinese (n = 316) college students. A two-factor model of the two DT tests was supported in both samples based on either the fluency or originality scores, suggesting variations between different types of DT tests. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses revealed that although the assumptions of configural and weak invariance were met for both the fluency and originality indices, the partial strong measurement invariance was marginally satisfied only for the real-world problem fluency across the two cultural groups. Further, latent mean comparison showed similar fluency between American and Chinese college students on the real-world problem test. In contrast, results from the observed mean comparison indicated higher performance of American individuals on the real-world problem fluency and originality; the opposite trend was revealed for both indices on the line meaning test. Overall, the present study demonstrates the importance of examining the equivalence of the measurement instrument before interpreting cross-cultural differences in creativity. Suggestions for future cross-cultural creativity research are provided.

Development of Natural Science Learning Tools with Guided Inquiry Model Assisted by Real Media to Improve Students' Scientific Creativity and Science Process Skills

This study aims to develop science learning tools with guided inquiry models assisted by real media to improve scientific creativity and science process skills of grade VIII students at SMP IT Male and SMP IT Female Mataram on light and optical equipment. The development of this tool adopts the development of Dick and Carey. The resulting products are in the form of learning tools in the form of syllabus, lesson plans, LKPD, scientific creativity instruments and science process skills. Before being used, the device was validated by four expert validators and the result was that the device developed was suitable for use in learning. To test the effectiveness of the device, scientific creativity and scientific process skills were tested. The results of the scientific creativity test obtained an average N-Gain of 0.4. This shows that the device developed is quite effective in increasing the scientific creativity of students in the two schools being the subject. The second effectiveness test is the science process skills test. The average N-Gain value obtained was 0.7, this indicates that the learning device developed with a guided inquiry model assisted by real media is very effective in improving students' science process skills.

Method as a Creative Instrument for Researching on the Formation of the Teacher Trainer of Teachers (Mathematics)

This text derives from a doctoral research that investigates the aspects of education of the teacher trainer who instructs mathematics teachers. It has as main theoretical reference Gaston Pineau and Edgar Morin. The general goal of this work is to present moments of an investigative process that has as its area of study the formation of the teacher trainer who instructs mathematics teachers. The methodological assumptions include building blocks of eco-systemic and complex thoughts. The method adopted is relational between Oral History and Grounded Theory. The method unveils possible dimensions in the formation of the teacher trainer in a qualitative research. The results of this study can help to understand the nature of dimensions of the teacher trainers´ formation, which are based on their experiences with themselves, with others and with the environment. Thus, it includes a new approach to temporalities in the formation of the teacher trainer, from the insertion of the principles of complex thoughts.

The correlation of learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles of Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept

Learning interest need more attention in learning development and it is very important in the learning processs. Pre-service biology teachers will be good learners if they have a good interest in learning. The creativity in writing scientific articles for pre-service biology teachers needs to be developed continuously, because pre-service biology teachers are academics. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles for Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept. Survey was employed for the study by investigating 30 Indonesian pre-service biology teachers. The data collection technique used consisted of a questionnaire and a creativity instrument. Spearman’s rank correlation was used in data analysis. The findings showed that α = 1.08> 0.05, it was concluded that there was no statistically significant correlation between learning interest and creativity in writing scientific articles for Indonesian pre-service biology teachers on biotechnology concept.

Multiple Intelligences-based Creative Curriculum: The Best Practice

<p style="text-align:justify">The purpose of this research is: 1) to develop the model and produce the assessment of creative curriculum-based learning program multiple intelligences (MI), 2) to know the characteristics and impacts of developed product models. Research using multi-years by method R & D (Research and Development) with two phases; First phase: 1) Preliminary survey stage, 2) definition stage, 3) design phase, 4) trial stage, and 5) development stage; The second phase: 1) the instrument design stage through the Forum Group Discussion, 2) the product trial phase of 100 children in Sleman Regency, 3) wide-scale implementation of 200 children in Yogyakarta Province, 4) the evaluation phase with construct analysis and achievement of research subjects' performance, 5 ) the stage of measuring the effectiveness of the product with user perception. The subject comprises 200 children of early childhood and 20 kindergarten teachers in 10 kindergartens in the Yogyakarta province in Indonesia, by the approach of Reflective Measurement Theory (RMT). The results showed that: 1) the MI-based creative curriculum assessment model was developed to meet valid, reliable and conformity criteria of an empirical data model, 2) The implementation of the assessment model had fulfilled the requirements worthy of using three criteria aspect; 1) The results of the assessment using creative instruments based on multiple intelligences on children get "very good" results, 2) the readiness of the teacher in learning is included in the "good" category; 3) teacher performance appraisal shows the "very good" category, and 4) the benefits of the products developed are in the "very good" category. It was concluded that the developed product had tested empirically and practically so that it was useful in learning in early childhood.</p>

Development of Creativity Instrument through Rasch Model Analysis

This research was motivated by the diversity of the creative abilities of students. The research objective was to show the description of the development of instruments owned creativity skills of elementary school students. This study uses Rasch models analysis to be more precise and generates relevant data in the completion of the process of analysis instruments. Participants are 5-grade students from four schools in Tasikmalaya, a total of 100 respondents. Data collection tool was in the form of the skill of creating an instrument to measure the success rate between the instruments of creativity to be developed to the level of students' creativity. The results showed that the development of creative instruments is mostly located in a very good category with a proportion of 60.8%. Through this analysis, it is noted that the level of difficulty of the instrument is greater than the level of students' creativity ability, evidenced by the results of research that shows the number of items on the separation and reliability is greater than the number of a person on separation and reliability. Besides, developing creativity instruments can be accepted by all respondents (not experienced gender bias), and can be easily done by one of four schools in Tasikmalaya (biased place).

Economic and Financial Implications of E-Banking in India

Electronic Banking act, perhaps, the newest ways to provide comfort to the customer in regards to fiscal transactions. The significant idea is to provide a movement of organizations to the customer in the course of the web and cause the customer to feel versatile in getting out straightforward undertakings quicker rather than step over the bank unfailingly. Now, assured, for the most part, pleasing and less danger orchestrated looked by using banking parts the utilization of E-commerce. Electronic Banking is treated to significantly influence banks’ exhibition. An ever-increasing number of individuals are adjusting to this procedure, and the financial business will unquestionably expand. The development of E-Banking started with the usage of ATMs and has incorporated mobile banking, direct invoice section, E-store, and online banking. The present research shows that effective use based on Electronic Banking can empower their nearest banks to reduce working costs and give an unrivaled and snappy help of their customer. It gives a comprehension into various piece of Electronic Banking. The move from the proper banking to Electronic Banking has been a striking change in Indian financial history. In this way, Electronic Banking today ends up being a solid creative instrument in conveying refined and improved administrations to clients. This examination uncovers that the economic and financial implications associated with Electronic Banking in India.

Integration of Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Engineering is Elementary (EiE) to improve students’ creativity

This study aims to measure and analyze the creativity of high school students on Magnetic Induction topic through the application of Problem Based Learning (PBL) which are integrated with the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) approach. This quasi-experimental control group design formed research was conducted on students of Darul Imarah 1 Public High School. By using random sampling, grade twelve 2 was chosen as an experimental class and grade twelve 3 was chosen as control class. Student’s creativity was obtained through student’s answers to the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) creativity instrument for three aspects of creativity (elaboration, originality, and fluency). The result of t-test analysis of student’s creativity in the experimental class showed significant differences between both classes. The creativity of the experimental class students was found to be better than the control class for all three aspects of creativity. The result of this study has provided an evidence of empirical results that the models and approaches could increase student’s creativity, so active student learning approaches such as the PBL model have deserved to be used in teaching and learning process and are considered to be carried out in the High School Curriculum.

Мовно-естетичний знак СЛОВО в українській поезії ХІХ – ХХ ст.

The ambiguity of the token word is evidenced by the explanatory dictionaries of the Ukrainian language, as well as the linguistic and artistic discourse of the XIX – XXI centuries. In the explanatory dictionary of the Ukrainian language there is an unmotivated separation of lexical and semantic variants, which are actually shades of one of the meanings of the word. Instead, the dictionary does not capture the lexical-semantic variant “instrument of linguistic creativity” actualized in artistic discourse. Compared with the dictionary interpretation, poetic language more widely represents lexical and semantic variants of the studied token: as units of language structure (definition of a linguistic term), the main means of national identity, manifestation of the spiritual life of the nation, instrument of language creativity. The main attention is focused on the functioning of the word in the lexical and associative relations of the word, on its symbolization and the function of linguistic and aesthetic signs of Ukrainian culture. Such signs are recorded in the works of T. Shevchenko, P. Kulish, Lesya Ukrainka, Oleksandr Oles, M. Rylskyi, Lina Kostenko, M. Vinhranovskyi. The semantic-associative connections of the word token in texts of different times reveal the specifics of civic and lyrical motives of the author’s linguistic thinking. Poets turn to the word, talk to it, convey in different modal assessments and their own emotional state, and symbolic semantics of the token word aestheticized by the accumulated experience of mankind. On the example of poetic texts of the XIX – XXI centuries. the increase of semantics of anthropocentrism in signs of a polysemous token word is traced. The echo of generations is revealed on verbalized and preverbal structures of the lexical-semantic variant “word as a tool of creativity”.

«Як научить байдужих відчувати? Як розбудити розум, що заснув?»

Modern receptive poetics encourages the study of verbalized end-to-end motives of Lesia Ukrainka’s work. Embodied in various linguistic forms – lexical-semantic, phrase-forming, syntactic-rhythmic and intonation, Lesia Ukrainka’s poetic texts testify to the change of the traditional dictionary of Ukrainian poetry, filling it with new associative connections, consistent with the needs of a particular historical era. Emphasis is placed on the connection of the word with music, not only formal, but also concretized in rhythms, syntactic and intonational variation of verse lines. The considered textual variants of the sonnet “Fantasy” convince in dynamism, originality of figurative-associative linguistic thinking of the poetess. The dynamics is traced in the textual representation of concepts фантазія, мрія, сон життя, in the symbolic meaning of the token камінь and вогонь, камінь and байдужість. Emphasis is placed on various forms of contrast expression – from antonyms, oxymorons, to opposing sentences-judgments. They are representatives of the logical and sensual content of Lesya Ukrainka’s poetic texts. On the example of evaluative significant words to the concept-token WORD as an instrument of poetic creativity, a conclusion about the antithetical thinking of the poetess is made. The dynamic perception of semantics is fixed вогонь, жар, пожежа, associated with a negative assessment of the destructive element, but in the poetic contexts of the author, these symbols are positively assessed as the ability to be a stimulus to creative inspiration, inflammatory, caring soul of the creator. Poetic phraseology to denote the concept of “indifference”, which acquires the meaning of linguistic and aesthetic sign in the Ukrainian language culture, is recorded.

Risk factors and patterns related to dental caries evaluated with caries assessment spectrum and treatment (cast) among schoolchildren of Bhubaneswar, India

To determine the complete range of carious conditions and furthermore to compare the risk factors and patterns of dental caries amongst schoolchildren aged 12 and 15 years in Bhubaneswar. Cross-sectional descriptive survey was performed among 800 schoolchildren to assess the dental caries status by Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) scoring. Chi-square, parametric t-test, one-way ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni and stepwise multiple linear regression were utilized for statistical analysis. Study population comprised of 476 (59.5%) boys and 324 (40.5%) girls, of which 356 (44.5%) and 444 (55.5%) represented the 12- and 15-years age group respectively. Prevalence of dental caries was 60.6% (Mean 0.38+0.545). Younger age group children presented a significant (p<0.05) lower caries prevalence (54.8%) as against 65.3% in 15 years children. Majority, 189 (23.6%) revealed distinct visual change in enamel (code 3). Acuteness of disease constructed on maximum CAST score for each subject showed that teeth with morbidity (28.5%) is higher followed by reversible pre-morbidity (23.6%) and serious morbidity (6.5%). Predominantly first molars were generally influenced. Significant interpreters in plunging order for DMFT were frequency of cleaning teeth and sweet score. A creative instrument named CAST index describes full continuum of dental caries. Its utilization in epidemiological studies is exceptionally encouraging as it is less tedious and more cost effective. It can possibly be a useful tool for planning caries control programs in both individual and community levels.

A Development of Assessment Instruments Analysis Learning Style and Creativity of Elementary School Based on Forward Chaining Method

The aim of this research is knowing whether instrument is feasible or no to get data of research. The instrument of this study is a questionnaire learning style with 66 items consisting of 22 points of statement for each questionnaire of visual, auditorial, and kinesthetic learning styles and learning creativity consists of 48 items. The feasibility test instrument learning style and learning creativity consists of validation, consistency internal, and reliability. Meanwhile, to test the feasibility a used the validity of the contents of the questionnaire. Validator for both questionnaires is expert judgment. There were 60 students as respondents who tested the learning style questionnaire instrument and 64 students as respondents who tested the questionnaire instrument of learning creativity. After undergone a try an instrument learning style there are 45 items that qualified, with 15 items of statement for each of the study visual, auditorial, and a kinesthetic while chief creativity study in get 35 items that qualified based on testing and some revisions of expert judgment.

Effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology in Promoting E-Governance in India

E-governance means the utilization of internet and World Wide Web (WWW) for transfer of information and delivery of services from government to citizens. With the growing progress in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and rise of innovative and creative instruments has also contributed towards the expansion and growth of government activities in the various countries around the world. For the economic and social empowerment of the citizens particularly of the developing countries, the Information and Communication Technology is recognized as an apparatus of development and mechanism of empowerment. Use of Information and Communication Technology in E-governance has created new prospects of innovation and expansion in the activities of the government and delivering services to the citizens. To improve the quality of life and to get faster economic development, the electronic governance takes for granted better importance in the platform of contemporary governmental organizations. In the project of electronic-governance, the various methods and technologies are being used to provide a structure for successful execution of government services up to grassroots level. The growth and development of various nations are mainly based on the utilization of Electronic-Governance with their penetration in contemporary periods. This E-governance has minimized the corruption and saving the time along with increasing the level of transparency in the governmental process and operation. However, the various projects such as e-seva, e-kranthi, smart government and digital India have been launched by the Government of India to execute and support the initiatives of E-governance. This research paper is an effort to examine the initiatives of E-governance which is directly related to citizens. The present work is an attempt to examine whether the latest information and communication technologies can create an important impact to the success of Electronic-governance.

Development of Assessment Instruments Mathematic Creative Thinking Ability on Junior High School Students

The development of creative thinking skills is one focus in learning mathematics. The ability to think creatively is needed in solving mathematical problems including the steps in the formulation, interpretation, and resolution of models or problem solving. This study aims to develop an instrument of assessment of creative thinking skills in mathematics in junior high school subjects. Research using the Borg &amp; Gall development method. Data collection through the provision of test descriptions. The test instruments were validated by 7 experts who were analyzed using the Aiken'V formula and the field test of creative thinking ability was analyzed using the construct validity of Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), reliability was analyzed using Alpha Cronbach. The results of the validation from the experts show validity ≥ 0.75 Aiken’s table that all items are valid, Test the validity of the items from the 4 item test items tested, all 4 item description items are valid with a coefficient&gt; 0.3, and the value of the reliability coefficient &gt; 0.6, construct validity value of KMO of 0.831 with a significance of 0,000 for 4 items that make up 4 factors according to the dimensions of aspects of creative thinking namely fluency, flexibility, authenticity and detail. The profile of mathematical creative thinking abilities in small and large scale trials is quite creative. The final product of the research is a valid, reliable and practical mathematical creative thinking appraisal instrument. The assessment of mathematical creative thinking can be used by the teacher to get information about how the creative thinking abilities possessed by each of the eighth grade students of Junior High School.

Construct Validity of Mathematical Creativity Instrument: First-Order and Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Construct Validity of Mathematical Creativity Instrument: First-Order and Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis

The role of social environment in acquiring agency in Girls Work

Girls Work is a method of professional youth work that support girls in vulnerable circumstances to develop agency (Bandura, 2006). In doing this, girls mediate between who they personally want to be and what is expected of them by their social environment. Currently, youth workers do not know which social environment influence girls, and in what way. This study uses a mixed-method approach; the respondents participated in various Girls Work activities in the Netherlands. The quantitative data were gathered using questionnaires completed by 393 girls and qualitative data were collected using a creative instrument with 14 respondents. Results show that the influence of different social environments on girls' agency takes a different form for girls of different ages. These influences are discussed in full. Youth workers should be aware of the ever-changing role of specific social environments and of the (sometimes contradictory) expectations they have of girls.

Predictors of Undergraduates’ Creativity Potentials in Southwestern Nigeria

&lt;em&gt;This study investigated the degree of relationship between eight psychosocial factors and their potential for creativity among undergraduates in southwestern Nigeria. Multistage sampling was used to select 651 respondents who responded to four psycho-social creativity instruments. Risk-taking behavior recorded a mean score of 40.75 (SD of 7.55). Peer pressure threshold mean score was 38.26 (SD of 6.470). Knowledge of creativity mean score was 35.33 (SD of 6.61). Attitude towards creativity revealed a mean score of 41.07 (SD of 6.45). The mean score on the Williams Creativity Test was 72.73 (SD of 7.69). Peer pressure and creativity have a significant correlation of 0.200 (p&amp;lt;0.05). Knowledge/awareness of creativity has a significant correlation of 0.545 (p&amp;lt;0.05). Correlation between attitude and creativity is 0.532 significant at p&amp;lt;0.05. The significant correlation between age and creativity is 0.104 (p&amp;lt;0.05). The correlation between gender and creativity is 0.036 which is not significant (p&amp;lt;0.05). Risk-taking behaviour and creativity have a correlation of 0.007 which is not significant (p&amp;lt;0.005). The correlation between parental influence and creativity is 0.064, and it is not significant (p&amp;lt;0.05), while the course of study and creativity have no significant correlation of -0.047. The results suggest implications for stakeholders in the educational system.&lt;/em&gt;

O uso do genograma como recurso expressivo e objeto mediador em grupo de crianças e adolescentes

A prática do genograma familiar demonstra ser uma fonte significativa de investigação sobre as dinâmicas familiares, para além do manifesto, principalmente quando empregado como objeto mediador dentro do espaço de uma sessão terapêutica. Auxilia na descrição das relações familiares, estruturas vinculares, funções e papéis ocupados pelos membros de uma família ou grupo e facilita o acesso à figuração da transmissão psíquica inter e transgeracional. Com o objetivo de compreender como o genogramatem sido empregado em grupo de crianças e adolescentes, incluindo o de irmãos, realizou-se uma revisão narrativa da literatura nas principais bases de dados com as palavras chaves: genograma, grupo e crianças. Os resultados demonstraram que o genograma apresenta-se como um instrumento flexível, criativo, que se adapta a vários referenciais teóricos e contextos a ser utilizados.

Anti-Matik: Solo/duo for bajoncillo and (female) body

Anti-MatikSolo/duo for bajoncillo and (female) body Melodie Michel (bio) Notes about the Instrument The bajoncillo is a smaller version of the bajón, an ancestor of the bassoon. The bajoncillo was in use during the seventeenth century in the Iberian Peninsula and countries of Iberian influence, namely, Latin America. It was played in cathedrals and in liturgical and paraliturgical Catholic processions, which sometimes included precolonial elements. This instrument is thus emblematic of the hegemonic power of the Spanish and Portuguese overseas and of their efforts to impose their culture on indigenous populations. The bajoncillo, however, can also be seen as an instrument of acculturation, integration, and subversive appropriation by indigenous populations. For this reason, it may also be used as an instrument of resistance and creativity for gendered bodies. Notes for Performance The musical elements marked with letters are repetitive formulas, with accentuation on the last note of the legato sign. The musical elements with numbers are skeleton frames for improvisation. The drawings represent the body placement for the execution of each of the letters parts, in a static position. The numbers parts should be executed during the movement from one position to the next. The numbers in the figures are associated with hand positions on the instrument: 1. Bajoncillo down right: left hand above and right hand below (normal position) [End Page 101] 2. Bajoncillo down left: right hand above and left hand below 3. Bajoncillo up left: left hand above and right hand below, hand in inverted position 4. Bajoncillo up right: right hand above and left hand below, hand in inverted position 5. Bajoncillo horizontal right: left hand normal and right hand inverted position The three different narrative lines (letters, numbers, body movements) represent the negotiation between the struggle under physical constraints and the development of an inner musical expression. [End Page 102] Click for larger view View full resolution Fig 1. Position 4 (letter H), photograph © Kabil Zerouali, used with permission. [End Page 103] Click for larger view View full resolution Fig 2. Position 5 (letter I), photograph © Kabil Zerouali, used with permission. [End Page 104] Click for larger view View full resolution Fig 3. Position 2 (letter G), photograph © Kabil Zerouali, used with permission. [End Page 105] Click for larger view View full resolution [End Page 106] Click for larger view View full resolution [End Page 107] Melodie Michel melodie michel is a bassoon player from Paris with degrees in performance from Switzerland and Catalonia. She specializes in Early Music and has been exploring the world of historical bassoons through both performance and pedagogy. In 2014–15 she visited fourteen countries on four continents to become familiar with different musical traditions. Currently, she is a researcher and graduate student at the University of California Santa Cruz, where she extends her activities to composition. In addition, Melodie conducts scenic experiments under her artistic name, Melodie Around the World. Copyright © 2018 Suzanne G. Cusick

Learning Style, Metacognition and Creativity as Predictors of the Foreign Language Achievement: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

This current study sought to examine the role of creativity, metacognition and VAK learning style in foreign language achievement. To collect the data, a sample of 122 Iranian English as Foreign Language learners participated in this research. Participants completed Creativity Instrument by Abedi (Creat Res J 14(2):267–276, 2002), Metacognitive Awareness Inventory by Schraw and Dennison (Contemp Educ Psychol 19:460–475, 1994), and visual, aural, and kinesthetic (VAK) learning style initially designed by Chislett and Chapman (VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment Questionnaire, 2005. http://www.businessballs.com ) and modified and validated by the present study researchers using confirmatory factor analysis. Learners’ scores at the end of the term were aggregated as the measure of foreign language achievement. Its reliability was also checked and approved applying Cronbach’s α. According to the findings, all three independent variables positively and significantly predict students’ language achievement, creativity (14.63%); metacognition (29.78%); and VAK learning style (7.20%). Although each of them had a unique impact on foreign language achievement, metacognition outweighs creativity and VAK learning style as the predictor of foreign language achievement. Furthermore, there is a significant difference between genders on all the variables.