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)