scholarly journals A STUDY ON STUDENT: ASSESSING FOUR CREATIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODS IN PRODUCT DESIGN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 263-272
Author(s):  
Yuan Yin ◽  
Ji Han ◽  
Shu Huang ◽  
Haoyu Zuo ◽  
Peter Childs
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
International Student ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Creativity Assessment ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Product Creativity

AbstractThis paper asked participants to assess four selected expert-rated Taiwan International Student Design Competition (TISDC) products using four methods: Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT), Creative Product Semantic Scale (CPSS), Product Creativity Measurement Instrument (PCMI), and revised Creative Solution Diagnosis Scale (rCSDS). The results revealed that, between experts and non-experts, the ranking results by the CAT and CPSS were the same, while the ranking results of the rCSDS were different. The CAT, CPSS, and TISDC methods provided the same results indicating that raters may return the same results on creativity assessment, and the results are not affected by the selected methods.If it is necessary to use non-experts to assess creativity and the creativity results are expected to be the same with that of experts, asking non-expert raters to use CPSS to assess creativity and then ranking the creativity score is more reliable. The study offers a contribution to the creativity domain on deciding which methods may be more reliable from a comparison perspective.

Note on Consensual Assessment Technique in Creativity Research

2005 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 592-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Dollinger ◽  
Marina Shafran
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Slight Modification ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Creative Products ◽  
Product Creativity ◽  
Creativity Task

Amabile's Consensual Assessment Technique is commonly used in research on creative products. This study evaluates a modification of that technique which may facilitate research on creative products by calibrating nonexpert judges to expert judges in previous studies. University students ( N = 200; 59% women, M = 22.3 yr. of age, SD = 5.5) devised drawings to the Test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production stimulus. These drawing products were rated by five artist-judges using the CAT and five psychologist-judges who first viewed 16 examples of the range of drawings in a previous study, referred to here as the modified consensual assessment technique. The 20 ratings of product creativity loaded on a single principal component, and the mean ratings correlated .91. Finally, the correlations of these ratings with other measures of creativity were nearly identical. Thus, a slight modification of the technique may be useful in programmatic research when the creativity task is not modified across studies and participants are like the present sample rather than from groups with specialized training or artistic talent.

scholarly journals Divergent Thinking Ability + Interest = Creative Ideas: Exploring the Relationships Between Cognitive Creativity Assessments and Product Design Idea Generation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieun Kwon ◽  
Luke Bromback ◽  
Barry Kudrowitz
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Idea Generation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Product Familiarity

The external validity of existing creativity tests was examined in the product-design field. To examine the external validity, this study adopted the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT), by which industry leaders directly rate product ideas for their creativity. A simple correlation analysis showed that among three broadly used creativity tests (Remote Associations Test, Alternative Uses Test, and Torrance Test for Creative Thinking), only the Alternative Uses Test (AUT) was found to predict creativity in the product-design industry. In addition to the correlations analysis, two factors, product familiarity and level of interest, were tested for moderation. The results show that familiarity with the product lessens RAT-CAT (Remote Associations Test - Consensual Assessment Technique) correlation, whereas level of interest strengthens the correlation. Thus, the less familiar and more interested an individual is in the product, the more likely the individual’s divergent thinking skills will translate into an actual creative product idea.

A quantitative analysis of two improvisation assessment instruments

2021 ◽  
pp. 030573562098878
Author(s):  
Maud Hickey ◽  
Daniel Healy ◽  
Casey Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Creativity Assessment ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Reliable Tool ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Assessment Measures

The purpose of this study was to determine how inter-rater reliability scores for iPad improvisations and clarinet improvisations would compare between two different creativity assessment measures—the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT) and the Test of Ability to Improvise (TAI). In addition, we examined how the overall and subscore ratings for each measure related to each other. Improvisation files were collected from 43 students who had 2 to 3 years’ experience on the clarinet. Two independent panels of judges rated the improvisations using either the CAT or the TAI. Results showed no relationships between the composite or subscores of the two measures. Inter-rater reliability ratings were moderate, and slightly higher on the TAI than the CAT except for the subscore of creativity, where the CAT reliability scores were higher. Further research is needed to understand the more nuanced differences between these two measures, as well as to find a valid a reliable tool for the measurement of creativity and improvisation for school-aged children.

The Gold Standard for Assessing Creativity

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Baer ◽  
Sharon S. McKool
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Research Proposal ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Creativity Assessment ◽  
Creativity Research ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Creative Products

The most widely used creativity assessments are divergent thinking tests, but these and other popular creativity measures have been shown to have little validity. The Consensual Assessment Technique is a powerful tool used by creativity researchers in which panels of expert judges are asked to rate the creativity of creative products such as stories, collages, poems, and other artifacts. The Consensual Assessment Technique is based on the idea that the best measure of the creativity of a work of art, a theory, a research proposal, or any other artifact is the combined assessment of experts in that field. Unlike other measures of creativity, the Consensual Assessment Technique is not based on any particular theory of creativity, which means that its validity (which has been well established empirically) is not dependent upon the validity of any particular theory of creativity. The Consensual Assessment Technique has been deemed the “gold standard” in creativity research and can be very useful in creativity assessment in higher education.

scholarly journals Novelty and coherence in group creative processes

Psihologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-229
Author(s):  
Irena Ristic ◽  
Bojana Skorc ◽  
Tijana Mandic
Keyword(s):  
Group Processes ◽  
Group Creativity ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Assessment Technique ◽  
Creative Achievement ◽  
Consensual Assessment Technique ◽  
Individual Contributions ◽  
High Level

A research of triadic creative processes was conducted based on the assumption that novelty and coherence are basic dimensions of group creativity, variations of which can explain differences in creative achievement. In a workshop, 153 students were divided in triads and created 51 chain-stories. Following the standards of Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT), eight independent judges assessed creativity, novelty and coherence in the integral stories. The most representative stories for low, middle and high creativity, were selected and subjected to further analysis. The results show that development of group creativity is conditioned by high level of novelty, and by balanced ratio of novelty and coherence that enable integration of unique ideas in group processes. Symmetrical contribution of members was not confirmed as one of the conditions, suggesting that group creativity is an emerging phenomenon, relying on relations rather than individual contributions of participants.

scholarly journals A New Park for Shanghai

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-178
Author(s):  
Estanislau Roca ◽  
Inés Aquilué
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Railway Station ◽  
Railroad Tracks ◽  
Positive Balance ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
Ecological Continuity ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The City

This article summarizes the urban proposal of the team led by Professor Estanislau Roca, consisting of professors and students of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), for the International Student Urban Design Competition for Shanghai Railway Station presented in 2015 at the Haishang Cultural Center in Shanghai. Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tongji University, Cardiff University, Southeast University of Nanjing and UPC participated in the competition. The UPC team won a second ex aequo prize with MIT. The UPC proposal represents the urban redevelopment of an extensive area located in the heart of the city of Shanghai, where the creation of a park comprising about 40 hectares was conceived. The park is designed to form a vast new space in the city, in an area covered by railroad tracks east of the Shanghai Railway Station, which form a great barrier that divides the Zhabei District into two disconnected parts. In the framework of the Shanghai Master Plan 2020–2040, the metropolitan scale is reflected at the local level. The proposal reinforces the continuity of green and blue through strategies that connect the new park with other existing open urban spaces and rivers. Furthermore, it enhances ecological continuity and stimulates regeneration. The project contributes to improving problems with air pollution while at the same time making the currently adopted measures more economically sustainable. Conceived from a holistic perspective, the idea is modelled on a harmonious, inclusive, friendly, smart, accessible, sustainable city networked through the state-of-the-art technology that is essential for such complex urban transformations. What is more, it rigorously pursues economic viability throughout each stage of implementation by guaranteeing that each phase finances itself while maintaining the ledger in a positive balance.

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