| Test Number | 62 |
| Title | Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production |
| Author | Urban, K. K. ; Jellen, H. G. |
| Category | Test |
| Copyright Date | 1996 |
| Availability | Contact publisher (email: step@swets.nl) |
| Restrictions | |
| Age/Grade Level | Age 3 - adult |
| Cost | Complete test set $64; manual, $29; test forms: $0.70 each. |
| Forms | Forms A and B |
| Source | Swets Test Publishers (The Netherlands) |
| Address | Zakenventrum “de Witte Zwaan”, Haven 3a, 2161 KS Lisse, The Netherlands |
| Phone | +31 252 435930 |
| Fax | +31 252 435901 |
| web or e-mail | www.swetstest.nl |
| Definition | The measure addresses: continuations, completions; new elements; connections made with lines; connections that contribute to a theme; boundary breaking; being fragment dependent; perspective; humor/affectivity/ emotionality/expressive; power of drawing; unconventionality; unconventional manipulation; symbolic/abstract/ fictional, unconventionality ; symbol-figure-combinations; non-stereotypical utilization of given fragments/ figures, speed. Taps fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality as elements of divergent thinking. |
| Purposes | Designed to serve as a first rough, simple, and economic assessment of creative potential. |
| Characteristics | Generating Ideas |
| Manual |
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| Excellent | The manual is clearly-written. It provides a discussion of the measure’s definition and purposes, theoretical rationale, target populations and uses, norms, interpretation support, validity and reliability evidence, supporting research, history and develo |
| Validity |
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| Poor | Limited data regarding validity. |
| Reliability |
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| Good | Based on 7 Hungarian classes of 4th grade students correlations for equivalence were .64-.77 with a mean=.70. Comparing ratings of two trained scorers the correlations were .89-.97 with a mean=.93. Six scorers for 10 productions of different levels result |
| Utility |
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| Good | This measure is designed for group administration. It takes 30 minutes to complete. The directions are clear. Several stimuli are provided in the form of figural fragments which allow the test taker to respond freely, developing a drawing within a given time limit. It can be scored locally, by hand, by anyone using guidelines. |
| Interpretation |
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| Good | Norms are based on a German sample of 2,286. Fifteen sub scores and a total, percentiles, and T-scores are provided. Scoring is based on 11 criteria (not including drawing ability) which assess creativity within the final drawing production. |
| Propriety |
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| Poor | Information in not available. |
| Reviews & Related Lit |
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| Jellen, H. G., & Urban, K. K. (1986). The TCT-DP (Test for Creative Thinking-Drawing Production): an instrument that can be applied to most age and ability group. Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 11(3), 138-155. |
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