The Technique Development of Assessing Preschool Children's Creativity in Science: An Embedded Assessment Design

Author: Ya-Ling Hou(Department of Special Education, National Pingtung University of Education)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 54, No. 1
Date：March 2009
Pages：113-142
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2009035401005

Abstract：

The purpose of this study was to develop preschool children's creativity assessment in science, including The Preschool Children's Science Creativity Scale (PCSCS) and The Preschool Children's Science Flow Experience Scale (PCSFES). The researcher designed 5 hands-on Physics activities and 3 periods instruction designed under the framework of exploration, scaffolding and show as creative curriculum. 308 children sampled from 8 kindergartens participated in this study. The results have shown: (1) The PCSCS and The PCSFES have reached satisfactory level of internal consistency reliability and inter-rater reliability. In two scales Cronbach α coefficients were .955 and .905. (2) By using confirmatory factor analysis to examine the model, the researcher found the model fit indices indicated that PCSCS and PCSFES fitted the observed data. The construct-related validity was found satisfactory.

Keywords：flow experience, preschool children's science creativity, hands-on science, embedded assessment.

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