Chapter 6A Aptitude Tests
TTCT [subtests]
1. 2 subtests: Verbal & Figural 2. Each subtest is divided into several categories 3. 7 verbal categories & 3 figural categories
TTCT [Creativity Definition]
1. Creative ideas, writings, products, etc. are derived through divergent production 2. Divergent thinking is a product of fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)
1. Specific aptitude test 2. Assesses creative potential 3. Paul Torrance 4. Research on stimulating creativity
Scoring
1. Standard Scores 2. Mean: 100, SD: 20 3. Average the 5 scores to get an overall score of creative potential "Creative Index"
TTCT [Purpose]
1. Used to identify creatively gifted 2. Picture-based 3. 60-90 minutes 4. based on Guildfords model of creativity
TTCT [Verbal category]
1. asking 2. guessing causes 3. guessing consequences 4. product improvement 5. unusual uses 6. unusual questions 7. just suppose
Assessing creativity
1. defining creativity and agreeing how to measure or "operationalize" it is a major problem 2. subjective evaluation of creative responses can also be a problem
Differential Aptitude Test (DAT)
1. group administered intel test 2. career assessment & personnel assessment 3.Power test 4. Total time=2.5 hours 5. PR & Stanine scores 6. 5th. 1990; original 1947
TTCT [psychometrics]
1. interrater reliability: high 2. test-retest reliability:ranges 3. predictive validity: moderate 4. concurrent validity: moderate
Aptitude Test [uses]
1. measure cognitive skills, abilities, and knowledge that individual accumulated through experiences 2. Used to predfict future learning or performance in school or jobs 3. more specific in measuring abilities; IQ is general
TTCT [Figural cateogry]
1. picture construction 2. picture completion 3. parallel lines
DAT [psychometrics]
1. standardization: over 100k students representing a diverse population 2. reliability: good (.80-.90) 3. Validity: mixed -alternate forms of test, some have better validity than others
DAT [subtests]
1. verbal reasoning (VR) 2. Numerical abilitiy (NA) 3. Abstract reasoning (AR) 4. clerical speed & accuracy (CSA) 5. mechanical reasoning (MR) 6. Space relations (SR) 7. Spelling (SP) 8. Language Usage (LU)