A research on the comparison of predictive power of creativity scoring indexes: Scientific creativity example

In the case of creativity assessment, the problem of criteria determination comes to the forefront. It is seen that there is a limited number of experimental studies comparing different creative criteria. It can be said that the Consensus Assessment Technique (CAT) is used to solve the criterion problem in creativity assessment which is based on domain-specific creative product measurement. The CAT technique which is mostly used in the fields of literature and art, has been used in a limited number of scientific creativity assessment. The purpose of this research is to compare fluency, flexibility, compound creativity (CQ) indices obtained from the Creative Scientific Ability Test (C-SAT), and appropriateness and expert creativity indices obtained from the CAT. The data of 3.200 students who participated in the Education Programs for Talented Students (EPTS) identification process between 2013-2018 were used in the research. The research also included 14 science, 4 physics, 4 chemistry and 4 biology teachers to score creativity components. According to research findings, the appropriateness index results are higher than the expert creativity index results in the reliability analyzes. As a result of correlations and regression analyzes conducted between the indices, it was found that the indices of appropriateness and originality which were determined as summative predicted the creativity of %59.