GATE Identification - Creativity
Creativity may cross all areas (academic, arts, leadership). High creatives tend to develop original ideas and products. They may express their creativity in oral, written, or nonverbal expression. They are flexible and original in their thinking, tending to reject one-answersolutions. These children tend to possess strong visualization. Frequently these individuals are strongly independent and often resist conformity.
Creativity is characterized by originality of thought, human behavior, and product. It is important to remember that uniqueness and originality are relative concepts Instruments have been developed to identify creativity in students. Commonly used instruments are:
- The Figural and Verbal Tests of Creative Thinking, by Paul Torrance.
- The Group Inventory for Finding Talent test (GIFT), by Davis and Rimm
- The Group Inventory for Finding Interest I and II, (GIFFI) also by Davis and Rimm.
Characteristics of Giftedness in Creative Thinking
- independent thinker
- exhibits original thinking in oral and written expression
- generates many ideas to solve a given problem
- possess a keen sense of humor
- creates and invents
- intrigued by creative tasks
- improvises and sees unique possibilities
- risk taker
(Adapted from the National Association for Gifted Children)
Creativity is characterized by originality of thought, human behavior, and product. It is important to remember that uniqueness and originality are relative concepts Instruments have been developed to identify creativity in students. Commonly used instruments are:
- The Figural and Verbal Tests of Creative Thinking, by Paul Torrance.
- The Group Inventory for Finding Talent test (GIFT), by Davis and Rimm
- The Group Inventory for Finding Interest I and II, (GIFFI) also by Davis and Rimm.
Characteristics of Giftedness in Creative Thinking
- independent thinker
- exhibits original thinking in oral and written expression
- generates many ideas to solve a given problem
- possess a keen sense of humor
- creates and invents
- intrigued by creative tasks
- improvises and sees unique possibilities
- risk taker
(Adapted from the National Association for Gifted Children)