Is the proof in the pudding? Reanalyses of Torrance's (1958 to present) longitudinal data

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Plucker, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009920909     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1202_3     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Amabile, T. M. (1983). The social psychology of creativity. New York: Springer-Verlag .
2. Baer, J. (1991). Generality of creativity across performance domains. Creativity Research Journal, 4, 23-39.
3. Baer, J. (1993, December/January). Why you shouldn't trust creativity tests. Educational Leadership, 51(4), 80-83.
4. Baer, J. (1994, October). Why you still shouldn't trust creativity tests. Educational Leadership, 52(2), 72-73.
5. Basadur, M. S., Graen, G. B., & Green, S. G. (1982). Training in creative problem solving: Effects on ideation and problem finding in an applied research organization. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 30, 41-70.
6. Cramond, B. (1993). The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: From design through establishment of predictive validity. In R. F. Subotnik & K. D. Arnold (Eds.), Beyond Terman: Contemporary longitudinal studies of giftedness and talent (pp. 229-254). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
7. Cramond, B. (1994, October). We can trust creativity tests. Educational Leadership, 52(2), 70-71.
8. Davis, G. A. (1989). Testing for creative potential. Contemporary. Educational Psychology, 14, 257-274.
9. de Alencar, E. M. L. S. (1996). University students' evaluation of their own creativity and their teachers' and colleagues' level of creativity. Gifted Education International, 11, 128-130.
10. Feldman, D. H., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Gardner, H. (1994). Changing the world: A framework for the study of creativity. Westport, CT: Praeger.
11. Gardner, H. (1988). Creativity: An interdisciplinary perspective. Creativity Research Journal, 1, 8-26.
12. Gardner, H. (1993). Creating minds. New York: Basic Books.
13. Hattie, J. (1980). Should creativity tests be administered under testlike conditions? An empirical study of three alternative conditions. Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, 87-98.
14. Hennessey, B. A., & Amabile, T. M. (1987). Creativity and learning. Washington, DC: National Education Association.
15. Hocevar, D. (1979, April). The development of the Creative Behavior Inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 170 350).
16. Hocevar, D. (1981). Measurement of creativity: Review and critique. Journal of Personality Assessment, 45, 450-464.
17. Hocevar, D., & Bachelor, P. (1989). A taxonomy and critique of measurements used in the study of creativity. In J. A. Glover, R. R. Ronning, & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Handbook of creativity (pp. 53-75). New York: Plenum.
18. Howieson, N. (1981). A longitudinal study of creativity - 1965-1975. Journal of Creative Behavior, 15, 117-134.
19. Hunsaker, S. L., & Callahan, C. M. (1995). Creativity and giftedness: Published instrument uses and abuses. Gifted Child Quarterly, 39, 110-114.
20. Isaksen, S. G., & Treffinger, D. J. (1985). Creative problem-solving: The basic course. Buffalo, NY: Bearly Limited.
21. Kim, J., & Michael, W. B. (1995). The relationship of creativity measures to school achievement and to preferred learning and thinking style in a sample of Korean high school students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 55, 60-74.
22. Kogan, N., & Pankove, E. (1974). Long-term predictive validity of divergent-thinking tests: Some negative evidence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 802-810.
23. Marsh, H. W. (1986). Verbal and math self-concepts: An internal/external frame of reference model. American Educational Research Journal, 23, 129-149.
24. Marsh, H. W. (1990). Influences of internal and external frames of reference on the formation of math and English self-concepts. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 107-116.
25. Meeker, M., & Meeker, R. (1982). Structure-of-Intellect Learning Abilities Test: Evaluation, leadership, and creative thinking. El Segundo, CA: SOI Institute.
26. Milgram, R. M., & Hong, E. (1994). Creative thinking and creative performance in adolescents as predictors of creative attainments in adults: A follow-up study after 18 years. In R. F. Subotnik & K. D. Arnold (Eds.), Beyond Terman: Contemporary longitudinal studies of giftedness and talent (pp. 212-228). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
27. Milgram, R. M., & Milgram, N. A. (1976). Creative thinking and creative performance in Israeli students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 68, 255-259.
28. Niaz, M., & De Nunez, G. S. (1991). The relationship of mobility-fixity to creativity, formal reasoning and intelligence. Journal of Creative Behavior, 25, 205-217.
29. Okuda, S. M., Runco, M. A., & Berger, D. E. (1991). Creativity and the finding and solving of real-world problems. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 9, 45-53.
30. Plucker, J. A. (1998). Beware of simple conclusions: The case for content generality of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 11, 179-182.
31. Plucker, J. (1999). Reanalyses of student responses to creativity checklists: Evidence of content generality. Journal of Creative Behavior, 33, 126-137.
32. Plucker, J., & Renzulli, J. S. (1999). Psychometric approaches to the study of creativity. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Handbook of human creativity (pp. 35-60). New York: Cambridge University Press.
33. Renzulli, J. S. (1976). New directions in creativity. New York: Harper & Row.
34. Renzulli, J. S. (1991, August). A general theory for the development of creative productivity through the pursuit of ideal acts of tearning. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the World Congress for the Gifted and Talented, The Hague, Netherlands.
35. Rotter, D. M., Langland, L., & Berger, D. (1971). The validity of tests of creative thinking in seven-year-old children. Gifted Child Quarterly, 4, 273-278.
36. Runco, M. A. (1986). Divergent thinking and creative performance in gifted and nongifted children. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 46, 375-384.
37. Runco, M. A. (1987). The generality of creative performance in gifted and nongifted children. Gifted Child Quarterly, 31, 121-125.
38. Runco, M. A. (1991). Comment on investment and economic theories of creativity: A reply to Sternberg and Lubart. Creativity Research Journal, 4, 202-205.
39. Runco, M. A. (1993). Divergent thinking, creativity, and giftedness. Gifted Child Quarterly, 37, 16-22.
40. Runco, M. A., & Albert, R. S. (1986). The threshold theory regarding creativity and intelligence: An empirical test with gifted and nongifted children. The Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 11, 212-218.
41. Runco, M. A., & Mraz, W. (1992). Scoring divergent thinking tests using total ideational output and a creativity index. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52, 213-221.
42. Runco, M. A., & Okuda, S. M. (1991). The instructional enhancement of the flexibility and originality scores of divergent thinking tests. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 5, 435-441.
43. Runco, M. A., Okuda, S. M., & Thurston, B. J. (1987). The psychometric properties of four systems for scoring divergent thinking tests. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2, 149-156.
44. Sawyers, J. K., & Canestaro, N. C. (1989). Creativity and achievement in design coursework. Creativity Research Journal, 2, 126-133.
45. Taylor, C. W. (1988). Various approaches to and definitions of creativity. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), The nature of creativity: Contemporary psychological perspectives (pp. 99-121). New York: Cambridge University Press.
46. Taylor, C. W., & Holland, J. (1964). Predictors of creative performance. In C. W. Taylor (Ed.), Creativity: Progress and potential (pp. 15-48). New York: McGraw-Hill.
47. Terman, L. M. (1926). Mental and physical traits of a thousand gifted children (2nd ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
48. Torrance, E. P. (1968). A longitudinal examination of the fourth grade slump in creativity. Gifted Child Quarterly, 12, 195-199.
49. Torrance, E. P. (1969). Prediction of adult creative achievement among high school seniors. Gifted Child Quarterly, 13, 223-229.
50. Torrance, E. P. (1972a). Career patterns and peak creative achievements of creative high school students 12 years later. Gifted Child Quarterly, 16, 75-88
51. Torrance, E. P. (1972b). Predictive validity of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Journal of Creative Behavior, 6, 236-252.
52. Torrance, E. P. (1979). Unique needs of the creative child and adult. In A. H. Passow (Ed.), The gifted and talented: Their education and development. 78th NSSE Yearbook (pp. 352-371). Chicago: The National Society for the Study of Education.
53. Torrance, E. P. (1981a). Empirical validation of criterion-referenced indicators of creative ability through a longitudinal study. Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 6, 136-140.
54. Torrance, E. P. (1981b). Predicting the creativity of elementary school children (1958-1980) - and the teacher who "made a difference." Gifted Child Quarterly, 25, 55-62.
55. Torrance, E. P. (1987). Future career image as a predictor of creative achievement in a 22-year longitudinal study. Psychological Reports, 60, 574.
56. Torrance, E. P. (1988). The nature of creativity as manifest in its testing. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), The nature of creativity: Contemporary psychological perspectives (pp. 43-75). New York: Cambridge University Press.
57. Torrance, E. P. (1993). The beyonders in a 30 year longitudinal study of creative achievement. Roeper Review, 15, 131-135.
58. Torrance, E. P., & Ball, O. E. (1984). Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking: Revised manual. Bensenville, IL: Scholastic Testing Services.
59. Torrance, E. P., & Safter, H. T. (1989). The long range predictive validity of the Just Suppose Test. Journal of Creative Behavior, 23, 219-223.
60. Torrance, E. P., Tan, C. A., & Allman, T. (1970). Verbal originality and teacher behavior: A predictive validity study. Journal of Teacher Education, 21, 335-341.
61. Torrance, E. P., & Wu, T. H. (1981). A comparative longitudinal study of the adult creative achievement of elementary school children identified as highly intelligent and as highly creative. Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 6, 71-76.
62. Wallach, M. A. (1976, January-February). Tests tell us little about talent American Scientist, 57-63.
63. Wallach, M. A., & Kogan, N. (1965). Modes of thinking in young children: A study of the creativity-intelligence distinction. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
64. Wallach, M. A., & Wing, C. W., Jr. (1969). The talented student: A validation of the creativity-intelligence distinction. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
65. Weisberg, R. W. (1993). Creativity: Beyond the myth of genius. New York: Freeman.
66. Yamada, H., & Tam, A. Y.-W. (1996). Prediction study of adult creative achievement: Torrance's longitudinal study of creativity revisited. Journal of Creative Behavior, 30, 144-149.