Fostering Creativity & the Effectiveness of Creativity Training

dwcwwThe focus for Session 6 is:

Fostering Creativity & The Effectiveness of Creativity Training

There are 3 Core reading papers and 2 pieces for Enrichment reading.

If you have a fourth member, double up for Hunsaker or Scott's paper (these are long and detailed).

Focus on identifying the TYPES of training that are effective (which kind are not so effective), HOW (what exactly were the effects of the training) and WHY (which features of the training seem to be significant). Tabulating the findings may yield a useful overview.

As you have a week's break, try to read all 3 papers, so you can really DISCUSS the implications of the findings, not just skim the surface.

Based on 70 prior studies, it was

found that well-designed creativity training programs

typically induce gains in performance with these effects

generalizing across criteria, settings, and target

populations.

Not only was a large effect size obtained in the overall analysis

but sizable effects were observed for each of the

four major criteria applied in evaluating training—divergent

thinking, problem solving, performance, and

attitudes and behavior. Although the effect sizes obtained

for studies employing performance and attitudes

and behavior criteria were smaller than those obtained

for the divergent thinking and problem solving, this result

is readily attributable to the many complex influences

on people's attitudes and performance. Of

course,