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Rasch-Master’s Partial Credit Model in the Assessment of Children’s Creativity in Drawings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2014

Tatiana de Cássia Nakano  and
Ricardo Primi
Tatiana de Cássia Nakano*
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidade Católica de Campinas (Brazil)
Ricardo Primi
Affiliation:
Universidade São Francisco (Brazil)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Tatiana Nakano. Psychology Post-graduation Department of PUC-Campinas. Avenida John Boyd Dunlop, s/n. Jardim Ipaussurama – Campinas / SP. CEP 13060–904. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to use the Partial Credit Model to study the factors of the Test of Creativity in Children and identify which characteristics of the creative person would be more effective to differentiate subjects according to their ability level. A sample of 1426 students from first to eighth grades answered the instrument. The Partial Credits model was used to estimate the ability of the subjects and item difficulties on a common scale for each of the four factors, indicating which items required a higher level of creativity to be scored and will differentiate the more creative individuals. The results demonstrated that the greater part of the characteristics showed good fit indices, with values between 0.80 and 1.30 both infit and outfit, indicating a response pattern consistent with the model. The characteristics of Unusual Perspective, Expression of Emotion and Originality have been identified as better predictors of creative performance because requires greater ability level (usually above two standard deviation). These results may be used in the future development of an instrument’s reduced form or simplification of the current correction model.

Keywords

creativityPartial Credits ModelItem Response Theory
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 17 , 2014 , E35
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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