Evaluating Children’s Creativity Through Drawing: Designing and Validating an Assessment Tool for Originality
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The purpose of this study is to design an assessment tool for measuring the originality dimension of children’s creativity through their drawings. The tool was developed based on in-depth interviews with 9 experts, whose feedback led to the identification of the core dimensions and scoring criteria. The tool evaluates children’s drawings across four key dimensions: creativity, number of details, color usage, and composition complexity, to assess the originality of their creativity. To assess the effectiveness of the tool, an experimental method was employed, using pre- and post-assessments of 23 children in the experimental group and 21 children in the control group during nature play activities. Changes in children’s originality were measured through these assessments, with drawings evaluated across the four dimensions. The results indicate that the tool effectively captures changes in children’s originality, providing strong support for fostering creativity in early childhood education and offering practical implications for real educational settings.
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A drawing-based originality rubric shows significant gains and clear scoring dimensions, but age level and task simplicity limit transfer to studio illustration briefs.
“A drawing based originality rubric validated with pre and posttests shows significant gains and clear scoring dimensions, but age level and task simplicity limit transfer to studio illustration briefs (Xu and Rahman 2025).”
From A Study on the Role of Midjourney, A Generative Artificial Intelligence Tool, in Enhancing Student Creativity in Illustration Design Classes (2026) · cites this paper as Xu and Rahman 2025
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He, S. (2026) · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning · doi:10.1002/jcal.70305
- Authors
- Xu, Y., & Rahman, M. N. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Venue
- Journal of Education and Learning
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 101
- ISSN
- 1927-5250 (ISSN-L)
- 1927-5269
- OpenAlex
- W4413903726
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1
- FWCI
- 1.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Education and Learning (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art Education and Development
- Keywords
- children's creativity, originality, drawing assessment, scale development, nature play, early childhood education, creativity development, grading criteria, color use
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