TY - JOUR
T1 - "Creativity" reform in Hong Kong
T2 - Validation of the creative inventions test
AU - Tam, Sin Yee
AU - Phillipson, Norman Shane
AU - Phillipson, Sivaneswary
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Current educational reform in Hong Kong includes a priority to develop creativity (Education Commission, 2000). Creativity is a crucial aspect of gifted education as well as one of the nine generic skills that all students should develop. However, attempts to assess the impact of these reforms on the development of creativity are based on Western conceptions of creativity, yielding conflicting results. Based on the New Heuristic Framework, the Creative Inventions Test was developed to reflect better Hong Kong Chinese views of creativity. The construct validity of the Creative Inventions Test was investigated using many-faceted Rasch modeling with 324 Secondary 1 to Secondary 6 students in a local secondary government school. The results showed that the Creative Inventions Test possesses excellent reliability and construct validity.
AB - Current educational reform in Hong Kong includes a priority to develop creativity (Education Commission, 2000). Creativity is a crucial aspect of gifted education as well as one of the nine generic skills that all students should develop. However, attempts to assess the impact of these reforms on the development of creativity are based on Western conceptions of creativity, yielding conflicting results. Based on the New Heuristic Framework, the Creative Inventions Test was developed to reflect better Hong Kong Chinese views of creativity. The construct validity of the Creative Inventions Test was investigated using many-faceted Rasch modeling with 324 Secondary 1 to Secondary 6 students in a local secondary government school. The results showed that the Creative Inventions Test possesses excellent reliability and construct validity.
KW - Chinese
KW - Creativity
KW - Education
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Reform
KW - Validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85015621759&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85015621759
SN - 1869-0459
VL - 8
SP - 3
EP - 19
JO - Talent Development and Excellence
JF - Talent Development and Excellence
IS - 2
ER -