Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D.Department of Educational

Psychology Torrance Center for Creativity and

Talent DevelopmentUniversity of Georgia

CreativityCreativity

is the generation of novel, useful ideas.

According to Torrance,According to Torrance,

“When a person has no learned or practiced solution to a problem, some degree of creativity is required”

Four Components of Creativity*

Four Components of Creativity*

Person

ProcessProduct

Press or

Place

*Rhodes

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1. Create an Environment Conducive to Creativity (Press)

1. Create an Environment Conducive to Creativity (Press)

•psychologically safe

•intrinsic rewards

•opportunities to learn about interests

•pursue them with some autonomy

•balance of stimulation and quiet time

•challenges are matched to the abilities

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Ekvall’s Innovative Environment

Ekvall’s Innovative Environment

RESOURCES

1. Idea Time2. Idea Support3. Challenge and Involvement

 PERSONAL MOTIVATION

1. Trust and Openness2. Playfulness and Humor3. Absence of Interpersonal Conflicts

 EXPLORATION

1. Risk-Taking2. Debates About the Issues3. Freedom 6

2. Recognize and understand the creative

person

2. Recognize and understand the creative

personEmotional Intellectual Physical

•Openness•Curiosity•Risk taking--Type T (Farley)•Strong self concept•Persistence•Courage

•Problem solving•Fluency•Flexibility•Originality•Elaboration•Abstractness of Thought•Transfer

•Perfect Pitch or other keen sense•Eye hand coordination•Visual memory•High energy•Body type•Looks•Size

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The very qualities that cause creative individuals to have

problems

The very qualities that cause creative individuals to have

problems

Hyperactivity?

may also facilitate their creative accomplishments

may also facilitate their creative accomplishments

9High Energy?

Creative PeopleCreative People

Original or bizarre? Independent or stubborn? High energy or hyperactive? Spontaneous or impulsive? Emotionally sensitive or emotionally

unstable?

have many characteristics that can be viewed as positive or negative

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3. Teach Students About the Process and Strategies

3. Teach Students About the Process and Strategies

• preparation, incubation, illumination, verification

11Wallas

Incubation requires relaxationIncubation requires relaxation

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For Illumination to OccurFor Illumination to Occur

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300 milliseconds before person communicates answerEEG shows a burst of gamma activity

fMRI shows activation ofthe superior temporal gyrus on the right hemisphere

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4. Learn to Evaluate Creative Products

4. Learn to Evaluate Creative Products

• Novelty• Surprising • Originality

• Resolution• Logicalness• Usefulness• Value• Understandability

• Elaboration and Synthesis• Organic qualities• Well-craftedness• Elegance

Besemer & O’Quin: Creative Product Analysis Matrix

Reis & Renzulli: Student Product Assessment Form

Reis & Renzulli: Student Product Assessment Form

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Some Programs and Competitions

Some Programs and Competitions

• Future Problem Solvinghttp://www.fpsp.org/

• Odyssey of the Mindhttp://www.odysseyofthemind.com

• Invent Americahttp://www.inventamerica.com

• Destination Imaginationhttp://www.destinationimagination.org

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Warmup—Spin a YarnWarmup—Spin a Yarn

• One member of the group picks up the ball of yarn and begins a story. Keep telling the story until you get to the knot.

• Pass it on.• Repeat until everyone has had a

turn. If you get to the end of the yarn before everyone has had a turn, start again.

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