Creativity in preschool assessment

Salzuriawani Ridzwan

Abstract

Creativity is one of the assests for developing countries to move towards industrialized nations. Therefore, elements of creativity should be developed from preschool level. Based on the findings from the literature in 2000-2016 on elements, criteria, process, products, and creative behaviors, a set of elements for creative assessment for preschool education was identified. These include inventiveness, authenticity, originality, flexibility, fluency, and imagination. This is useful to be used in a later study on how teachers incorporate creativity elements in designing creative assessment.

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