20Jul 2017

DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDISATION OF MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY TEST.

  • Assistant Professor, Central University of Haryana, India.
  • Principal, NC College of Education, Panipat, Haryana, India.
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Mathematical creativity is the process of producing more than one response of mathematical problem. Researcher framed some items to assess the mathematical creativity of eighth grade students. This MCT followed one criterion?s of mathematical creativity i.e. divergent thinking having three dimensions: Fluency, Flexibility and Originality. Items were formulated and selected by following required steps. The test was standardized by establishing reliability and validity of items. Split- half reliability was calculated and it was found 0.89 which is significant. Content validity of the test was determined by the teachers from different schools. Product moment co-relation was used to determine Concurrent validity. It was found 0.50 which is significant.

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[Pooja Walia and Puneet Walia. (2017); DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDISATION OF MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY TEST. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 1293-1300] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. Pooja Walia
Assistant Professor, Central University of Haryana, India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4840      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4840

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