Beyond semantic distance: Automated scoring of divergent thinking greatly improves with large language models

P Organisciak, S Acar, D Dumas… - Thinking Skills and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Automated scoring for divergent thinking (DT) seeks to overcome a key obstacle to creativity
measurement: the effort, cost, and reliability of scoring open-ended tests. For a common test …

The current state of artificial intelligence generative language models is more creative than humans on divergent thinking tasks

KF Hubert, KN Awa, DL Zabelina - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The emergence of publicly accessible artificial intelligence (AI) large language models such
as ChatGPT has given rise to global conversations on the implications of AI capabilities …

Applying automated originality scoring to the verbal form of Torrance tests of creative thinking

S Acar, K Berthiaume, K Grajzel… - Gifted Child …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, we applied different text-mining methods to the originality scoring of the
Unusual Uses Test (UUT) and Just Suppose Test (JST) from the Torrance Tests of Creative …

Lost in translation? Not for large language models: Automated divergent thinking scoring performance translates to non-English contexts

A Zielińska, P Organisciak, D Dumas… - Thinking Skills and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Divergent thinking (DT) has been at the heart of creativity measurement for over seven
decades. At the same time, large-scale usage of DT tests is limited due to the tedious …

Measuring original thinking in elementary school: Development and validation of a computational psychometric approach.

S Acar, D Dumas, P Organisciak… - Journal of Educational …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Creativity is highly valued in both education and the workforce, but assessing and
developing creativity can be difficult without psychometrically robust and affordable tools …

Automated scoring of figural tests of creativity with computer vision

S Acar, P Organisciak, D Dumas - The Journal of Creative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this three‐study investigation, we applied various approaches to score drawings created
in response to both Form A and Form B of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking‐Figural …

Measuring flexibility: A text-mining approach

K Grajzel, S Acar, D Dumas, P Organisciak… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In creativity research, ideational flexibility, the ability to generate ideas by shifting between
concepts, has long been the focus of investigation. However, psychometric work to develop …

How do examples impact divergent thinking? The interplay between associative and executive processes.

PL de Chantal, A Zielińska, I Lebuda… - … , Creativity, and the …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Exposure to examples of varying degrees of originality may impact creative thinking
differently, resulting in either a fixation or a stimulation effect. These effects can be …

Measuring creativity in academic writing: An analysis of essays in Advanced Placement Language and Composition

J Bower, S Acar, U Kursuncu - Journal of Advanced …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Evaluation of poetic creativity: Predictors and the role of expertise—A multilevel approach.

S Chaudhuri, M Dooley, D Johnson… - … , Creativity, and the …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Poetry is one of the most creative expressions of language, but how we evaluate the
creativity of a poem is not properly characterized. The present study investigated the role of …