| Test Number | 63 |
| Title | Test of Creative Potential |
| Author | Hoepfner, R.; Hemenway, J. |
| Category | Test |
| Copyright Date | 1973 |
| Availability | Out of print. |
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| Age/Grade Level | Grades 2-adult |
| Cost | Information is not available. |
| Forms | Two parallel forms: A and B |
| Source | Out of Print; originally: Monitor, Hollywood CA (no current address) |
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| Definition | Creativity involves divergent thinking including: flexibility, fluency, originality, and elaboration. |
| Purposes | Designed to assess general creative potential of subjects from seven years of age through adolescence and adulthood. Assesses factors of fluency, flexibility, and elaboration of verbal, symbolic, and figural materials. |
| Characteristics | Generating Ideas |
| Manual |
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| Good | The manual is thorough, well-organized, and clearly-written. It covers: definition and purposes, the theoretical rational of the measure, its target populations and uses, norms, history and development, evidence of validity and reliability, and direction |
| Validity |
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| Poor | To assess content validity it was used as a pre-post measure with 16 third graders in a creative thinking class t=3.580 and was significant beyond .01. Correlations with the Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Tests were .52 to .59. |
| Reliability |
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| Good | After 2 to 3 months stability for test A then B =.62, for test B then A, .67. Results for Spearman-Brown ranged from .46 to .84. Based on total scores awarded by 2 experienced scorers, who worked independently of each other using the scoring guide in the |
| Utility |
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| Good | Directions for administration are clear for the 3 timed tests. The test take about 30 minutes, can be administered to groups by any professional, and are hand scored locally by a teacher or clerk following the guide. Scoring procedures are clear. Two tests require the student to write words and one to draw things. |
| Interpretation |
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| Fair | Percentiles and Stanines are provided for grades 2-12. No additional training is required for score interpretation. The number of initial subjects appears to be small. |
| Propriety |
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| Poor | Information is not available. |
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