TY - JOUR
AU - Needham, Walter E.
AB - THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION (Volume 32, Number 3, Spring 1964) CREATIVITY TESTS AND TEACHER AND SELF JUDGMENTS OF ORIGINALITYl JAMES M. RICHARDS, JR., VICTOR B. CLINE, WALTER E. NEEDHAM University of Utah IN THE HISTORY of the development of tests of and therefore the results may in fact ref I e c t ac­ intellectual ability, teacher ratings have p I aye d a curate perception on the part of the teachers. Spe­ most important role. Indeed, in the development of cifically, the characteristics rated were 1) desira­ bility as a student, 2) leadership qualities, and 3) in­ intelligence tests, such ratings have probably been used as criteria more frequently than any other type volvement in learning. No direct teacher ratings of of measure. This would certainly be true if grades creativity or originality were included. It is obvi­ are considered to be aspecial case of teacher ously unfair to conclude that teachers cannot rat e rating. originality on the basis of a study in which they were Recently, however, teacher ratings have come not asked to make such ratings. under heavy criticism as a criterion measure for The purpose of this study, therefore, was to ex­ tests 
TI - Creativity Tests and Teacher and Self Judgments of Originality
JF - The Journal of Experimental Education
DO - 10.1080/00220973.1964.11010832
DA - 1964-03-01
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SP - 281
EP - 285
VL - 32
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -