Measuring Creativity in Academic Writing: An Analysis of Essays in Advanced Placement Language and Composition
Janessa Bower,
Selcuk Acar,
Ugur Kursuncu
Abstract:The demand for a creative workforce has never been higher, yet schools struggle to teach and assess creativity among students efficiently. Compositions are an effective way to incorporate creativity across the curriculum; however, essays are time consuming to evaluate for quality or creativity. This study explored (a) if high creativity scores are related to high quality and sophistication in academic writing, and (b) if extant text-mining tools effectively identify quality, sophistication, and creativity in a… Show more
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