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Psicothema, 2007. Vol. Vol. 19 (nº 3). 489-496
Mercedes Ferrando, Carmen Ferrándiz, María Rosario Bermejo*, Cristina Sánchez, Joaquín Parra y María Dolores Prieto
Universidad de Murcia y * Universidad de Alicante
Con el presente trabajo se pretende, por una parte, estudiar la estructura interna del TTCT (Torrance Thinking Creative TTCT), y, por otra, establecer los baremos con el fin de poder utilizar el test en el diagnóstico y ambientes educativos. En el trabajo han participado 649 alumnos (319 niñas y 330 niños) cuyas edades oscilan entre 5 y 12 años de edad, pertenecientes a diferentes colegios de Murcia y Alicante. Los datos apuntan a que el TTCT reúne las características psicométricas exigibles a este tipo de pruebas y su estructura interna responde a tres factores que explican un elevado porcentaje de varianza (73,8%). Los baremos que se ofrecen, por primera vez, en nuestro contexto educativo serán de gran utilidad para la evaluación de la creatividad y la detección de alumnos con altas habilidades intelectuales.
Internal structure and standardised scores of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking. The present work sets out to study the internal structure of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) and to establish standardised scores that will enable the test to be used in both a diagnostic and educational context. 649 students (319 girls and 330 boys), aged 5 to 12 years from various schools in Murcia and Alicante (SE Spain), took part in the study. The findings suggest that the psychometric characteristics of TTCT are satisfactory, and its internal structure can be attributed to three factors that are responsible for a high percentage of the variance (73.8%). The standardised score tables, which are provided for first time in this context, will be useful in the evaluation of creativity and the identification of students with high intellectual abilities.
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