Evaluation of children's creativity: Psychometric properties of Torrance's 'Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement' test

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Zachopoulou, Evridiki ^a   Makri, Anastasia ^b   Pollatou, Elisana ^c  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation; Internal consistency; Motor creativity assessment; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149100430     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430601078669     Document Type: Article

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