Few words are used as often, and with as little agreement, as creativity. The main definitions, theories, and models in the psychology of creativity: Rhodes’s four Ps, mini-c and Big-C, Guilford, Wallas, Amabile, and Csikszentmihalyi.
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How to Assess Creativity in University Students (Without Falling Into Subjectivity)
Assessing creativity doesn’t have to be subjective: research offers validated tools for doing it with rigor. The three dimensions that can be assessed, analytic rubrics, the Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT), and a minimal rubric for the university classroom.
Divergent vs. Convergent Thinking: What They Are and Why Both Matter in the Classroom
Creative thinking is not a single process but the combination of two: divergent thinking, which generates many possible answers, and convergent thinking, which selects the most appropriate one. What each is and how to integrate both in the classroom.