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But Isn’t Everyone Creative?

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Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness ((ACAG,volume 5))

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This essay troubles the definition of creative giftedness, especially as it has impacted gifted education policy. Some states identify creative giftedness through divergent production testing, IQ testing, and the use of checklists. These methods are problematic, not only because of their doubtfulness as means of predicting creative production in adulthood, but also because of the difficulty of scoring and programming.

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  1. College of William and Mary, Virginia, USA

    Kyung Hee Kim

  2. California State University, San Bernardino, USA

    James C. Kaufman

  3. Rider University, New Jersey, USA

    John Baer

  4. The University of Montana, USA

    Bharath Sriraman

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Piirto, J. (2013). But Isn’t Everyone Creative?. In: Kim, K.H., Kaufman, J.C., Baer, J., Sriraman, B. (eds) Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-149-8_14

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