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Development and Validation of the Chinese Creative Writing Scale for Primary School Students in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
CHEUNG WAI MING,
TSE SHEK KAM,
TSANG WING HONG HECTOR
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2001.tb01049.x
Subject(s) - originality , creativity , fluency , scale (ratio) , psychology , mainland china , inter rater reliability , exploratory factor analysis , reliability (semiconductor) , internal consistency , consistency (knowledge bases) , mathematics education , china , social psychology , rating scale , psychometrics , developmental psychology , computer science , geography , artificial intelligence , cartography , power (physics) , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
The 13‐item Chinese Creative Writing Scale was expanded and modified from the Carlson Originality Scale to assess creativity elements in compositions of primary school students in Hong Kong. The content validity was endorsed by a small expert panel. Results show that the scale has excellent interrater reliability (.90 to .98), and moderate to good internal consistency. Exploratory factor analysis shows that the three factors (flexibility, originality, and fluency) accounted for 59.1% of the variability, which is consistent with the design of the scale. The scale can also be used as an outcome measure for assessing the effectiveness of strategies which aim at enhancing creativity of students. With minor modifications, the scale can also be applied in mainland China, Taiwan, and Chinese societies elsewhere in the world.