Battery of creativity, intelligence and executive-function measures for 8- to 13-year-olds¶
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Evidence · 7 claims (7 for) · 2 studies (2 associational),q3· 1 of 2 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The study administered a battery measuring creativity, crystallized (Gc) and fluid intelligence (Gf), and executive functions, which the article specifies as "working memory, inhibition and shifting", to 209 children of both sexes aged 8 to 13 (boys n = 86, girls n = 123). The measures were analyzed with correlational analyses and a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach to examine relations among the three constructs.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Measures must cover creativity, Gc, Gf and the three EF components for the SEM approach to be applied
Constraints¶
Target Learners¶
- children aged 8 to 13
Learning Goals¶
- assessment of creative thinking and its cognitive predictors
Claims¶
- Creativity, crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence and executive functions are all correlated in children aged 8 to 13 [+W]
- After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity [+W]
- The effect of crystallized intelligence on children's creativity is mediated by shifting [+W]
- In children, shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence [+W]
- Updating ability strongly predicts fluid intelligence, while shifting and inhibition do not significantly predict it. [+W]
- Updating ability, together with openness, explains a substantial part of the shared variance between fluid intelligence and creativity. [+W]
- Men scored higher than women on rated divergent thinking creativity in this sample, with no sex differences in fluid intelligence or the executive functions. [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Krumm, Gabriela Liliana; Arán Filippetti, Vanessa; Gutierrez Saez, Marisel Luisa. (2018). The contribution of executive functions to creativity in children: What is the role of crystallized and fluid intelligence?. Thinking Skills and Creativity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.07.006
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Battery of creativity, intelligence and executive-function measures for 8- to 13-year-olds |
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The study administered a battery measuring creativity, crystallized (Gc) and fluid intelligence (Gf), and executive functions, which the article specifies as "working memory, inhibition and shifting", to 209 children... |
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