Comparison of Two Creativity Style Measures

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between two measures of creativity style for a sample of beginning teachers. 116 student teachers enrolled in an undergraduate teacher-education program in a medium-sized, metropolitan university completed the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2003-02, Vol.96 (1), p.288-296
Main Authors: Houtz, John C., Selby, Edwin, Esquivel, Giselle B., Okoye, Ruth A., Peters, Kristen M., Treffinger, Donald J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Comparative studies
Concept Formation
Creativity
Education, Professional
Female
Humans
Male
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Problem Solving
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Students - psychology
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between two measures of creativity style for a sample of beginning teachers. 116 student teachers enrolled in an undergraduate teacher-education program in a medium-sized, metropolitan university completed the Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory and the Basadur Creative Problem Solving Profile measures. A preference for an Innovator style (higher scores on Kirton's inventory) was correlated with the Generator profile on the Basadur profile (r = .36, p
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.288