Validation of the Domains of Creativity Scale for Nigerian Preservice Science, Technology, and Mathematics Teachers
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2015
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Awofala, A. O. A.
Fatade, Alfred O.
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Investigation into the factor structure of Domains of Creativity Scale has been
on for sometimes now. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale on Nigerian preservice science, technology, and mathematics teachers. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on the responses of
337 preservice science, technology, and mathematics teachers to the Kaufman Domains of
Creativity Scale. Results of both analyses supported the five-factor structure of the Kaufman Domains
of Creativity Scale: Mechanical/Scientific, Scholarly, Performance (encompassing writing
and music), Self/Everyday, and Artistic. Construct validity of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale was supported by its relationships with the Big Five Inventory in ways that were
predicted by theory and consistent with previous research. Coefficient alphas and coefficients
of congruence were generally strong. The present study provided incremental validity to the multidimensional nature of the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale thus reinforcing the five-factor
model namely Mechanical/Scientific, Scholarly, Performance (encompassing writing and music), Self/Everyday, and Artistic. Additionally, a Nigerian version of the 50-item Kaufman
Domains of Creativity Scale in the three major indigenous languages: Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba need to created and tested among undergraduate and postgraduate students in Nigerian
institutions of higher learning.
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creativity, creative self-perceptions, creative domains, validation