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Three-dimensional taxonomy for organizing research on primary school students' creativity

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The article introduces a three-dimensional taxonomy as the organizing scheme for its empirical integration. The taxonomy structured the systematic review of recent literature on primary school students' creativity, allowing the authors to classify the 184 reviewed studies and to identify dominant measurement practices in the field, such as treating creativity as a static, aggregated construct.

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  • A three-dimensional taxonomy for organizing research on primary school students' creativity: The article introduces a three-dimensional taxonomy as the organizing scheme for its empirical integration. The taxonomy structured the systematic review of recent literature on primary school students' creativity, allowing the authors to classify the 184 reviewed studies and to identify dominant measurement practices in the field, such as treating creativity as a static, aggregated construct. (Kupers et al. (2019))
  • A taxonomy of creativity tasks differentiating open- versus close-ended and integrating versus fragmenting tasks: The review introduces a taxonomy for mapping creativity tasks used in primary education research. It is "based on a broad conceptualization of creativity, and differentiates between open- and close-ended, and integrating and fragmenting creativity tasks", producing quadrants such as the open-ended fragmenting quadrant. The review also analyzes tasks by the domains of the stimulus and response. The taxonomy is offered as useful for clarifying discussions in creativity research and for designing creativity activities in educational practice. (O.T.A. Potters et al. (2023))

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  • Kupers, E., Lehmann-Wermser, A., McPherson, G., & van Geert, P. (2019). Children's creativity: a theoretical framework and systematic review. Review of Educational Research, 89(1), 93-124. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654318815707
  • O.T.A. Potters, T.J.P. van Schijndel, S. Jak, J. Voogt. (2023). Two decades of research on children's creativity development during primary education in relation to task characteristics. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100532
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description The article introduces a three-dimensional taxonomy as the organizing scheme for its empirical integration.
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