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JournalISSN: 1040-0419

Creativity Research Journal 

Taylor & Francis
About: Creativity Research Journal is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Creativity & Divergent thinking. It has an ISSN identifier of 1040-0419. Over the lifetime, 1415 publications have been published receiving 68729 citations.


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TL;DR: The authors focused on issues surrounding definitions of creativity and pointed out that there is a clear need to correct at least one all-too-common oversimplication of the concept of creativity.
Abstract: This Correction focuses on issues surrounding definitions of creativity. No topic is more central to research on creativity. There is a clear need to “correct” at least one all-too-common oversight...

1,965 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an investment theory of creativity, propulsion theory of creative contributions, and some of the data collected with regard to creativity, and draw some conclusions about the propulsion theory.
Abstract: Like E. Paul Torrance, my colleagues and I have tried to understand the nature of creativity, to assess it, and to improve instruction by teaching for creativity as well as teaching students to think creatively. This article reviews our investment theory of creativity, propulsion theory of creative contributions, and some of the data we have collected with regard to creativity. It also describes the propulsion theory of creative contributions. Finally, it draws some conclusions.

1,436 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a quantitative meta-analysis of program evaluation efforts was conducted and it was found that well-designed creativity training programs typically induce gains in performance with these effects generalizing across criteria, settings, and target populations.
Abstract: Over the course of the last half century, numerous training programs intended to develop creativity capacities have been proposed. In this study, a quantitative meta‐analysis of program evaluation efforts was conducted. Based on 70 prior studies, it was found that well‐designed creativity training programs typically induce gains in performance with these effects generalizing across criteria, settings, and target populations. Moreover, these effects held when internal validity considerations were taken into account. An examination of the factors contributing to the relative effectiveness of these training programs indicated that more successful programs were likely to focus on development of cognitive skills and the heuristics involved in skill application, using realistic exercises appropriate to the domain at hand. The implications of these observations for the development of creativity through educational and training interventions are discussed along with directions for future research.

930 citations

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TL;DR: This paper investigated the process of sketching and revealed that the designer does not represent images held in the mind, as is often the case in lay sketching, but creates visual displays which help induce images of the entity that is being designed.
Abstract: The generation of architectural form is by definition a creative activity. As a rule, architects engage in intensive, fast, freehand sketching when they first tackle a design task. This study investigated the process of sketching and revealed that by sketching, the designer does not represent images held in the mind, as is often the case in lay sketching, but creates visual displays which help induce images of the entity that is being designed. Sketching partakes in design reasoning and it does so through a special kind of visual imagery. A pattern of pictorial reasoning is revealed which displays regular shifts between two modalities of arguments, pertaining to both figural and nonfigural aspects of candidate forms at the time they are being generated, as part of the design search. The dialectics of sketching is the oscillation of arguments which brings about gradual transformation of images, ending when the designer judges that sufficient coherence has been achieved.

881 citations

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TL;DR: Divergent thinking (DT) tests are very often used in creativity studies as mentioned in this paper, but they do not guarantee actual creative achievement, but tests of DT are reliable and reasonably valid predictors of certain performance criteria.
Abstract: Divergent thinking (DT) tests are very often used in creativity studies. Certainly DT does not guarantee actual creative achievement, but tests of DT are reliable and reasonably valid predictors of certain performance criteria. The validity of DT is described as reasonable because validity is not an all-or-nothing attribute, but is, instead, a matter of degree. Also, validity only makes sense relative to particular criteria. The criteria strongly associated with DT are detailed in this article. It also summarizes the uses and limitations of DT, conceptually and psychometrically. After the psychometric evidence is reviewed, alternative tests and scoring procedures are described, including several that have only recently been published. Throughout this article related processes, such as problem finding and evaluative thinking, are linked to DT.

789 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202351
202261
202149
202042
201943
201850