Revising the Imaginative Capability and Creative Capability Scales: Testing the Relationship between Imagination and Creativity among Agriculture Students
Keywords:
agriculture students; creative capability; imaginative capability; measurement invariance; scale developmentAbstract
We conducted three studies to revise the imaginative
capability scale and creative capability scale, and to examine the
relationship between imagination and creativity among college
students majoring in agriculture. First, Study 1 was conducted to
determine the most appropriate scale structure by performing an
exploratory factor analysisof a sample comprising 390 students. A
three-factor solution was used to identify the dimensions of
imaginative capability (initiating, conceiving, and transforming
imagination), and a two-factor solution was used to identify the
dimensions of creative capability (originality and usefulness). Next,
Study 2 was conducted to confirm the structures established in Study 1
by performing a confirmatory factor analysis of a sample comprising
520 college students. In addition, we tested the degree of measurement
invariance of the scales across genders. Finally, Study 3 was conducted
to further examine the relationship between imagination and creativity
among 430 college students majoring in agriculture. The results show
that originality is influenced primarily by conceiving and initiating
imagination. In addition, transforming imagination has a slightly
negative influence on originality. Finally, usefulness is influenced
primarily by conceiving imagination, and it was slightly influenced by
initiating imagination.
References
Bagozzi, R. P., & Phillips, L. W. (1982). Representing and testing organizational theories: A holistic construal. Administrative Science Quarterly, 27(3), 459-489.
Baer, J., Kaufman, J. C., & Gentile, C. A. (2004). Extension of the consensual assessment technique to nonparallel creative products. Creativity Research Journal, 16(1), 113-117.
Barron, F. (1955). The disposition towards originality. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 51(3), 478–485.
Barron, F. (1988). Putting creativity to work. In Sternberg, R. J. (Ed.), Nature of creativity. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
Barron, F., & Harrington, D. M. (1981). Creativity, intelligence, and personality. Annual Review of Psychology, 32(1), 439-476.
Chan, D. (2009). So why ask me? Are self report data really that bad? In C. E. Lance & R. J. Vandenberg (Eds.), Statistical and methodological myths and urban legends: Doctrine, verity and fable in the organizational and social sciences (pp. 309-335). New York, NY: Routledge.
Cheung, G. W., & Rensvold, R. B. (2002). Evaluating goodness-of-fit indexes for testing measurement invariance. Structural Equation Modeling, 9(2), 233–255.
Corbett, M. (2013). Improvisation as a curricular metaphor: Imagining education for a rural creative class. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 28(10), 1-11.
Craft, A., Chappell, K., & Twining, P. (2008). Learners reconceptualising education: Widening participation through creative engagement? Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 45(3), 235-245.
Egan, K. (2010). Preface. In K. Egan, & K. Madej (Eds.), Engaging imagination and developing creativity in education. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ellyard, P. (2011). Designing 2050: Imagining and building a global sustainable society. Journal of Futures Studies, 15(3), 175-190.
Emig, J. (1983). Writing as a mode of learning. In D. Goswami, & M. Butler (Eds.), The web of meaning: Essays on writing, teaching, learning and thinking (pp. 123-131). Upper Montclair, New Jersey: Boynton/Cook Publishers Inc.
Enshayan, K. (1992). Rethinking agricultural education. American Journal Alternative Agriculture, 7(4), 146-147.
Gaut, B. (2003). Creativity and imagination. In B. Gaut, & P. Livingston (Eds.), The creation of art (pp.148-173). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Gordon, R. (1949). An investigation into some of the factors that favour the formation of stereotyped images. British Journal of Psychology, 39(3), 156-167.
Guilford, J. P. (1975). Varieties of creative giftedness, their measurement and development. Gifted Child Quarterly, 19(2), 107–121.
Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2010). Multivariate data analysis: A global perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Hennessey, B. A., & Amabile, T. M. (2010). Creativity. Annual Review of Psychology, 61(1), 569-598.
Henry, J. (2001). Creativity and perception in management. London, UK: SAGE.
Herrmann, M. (2011). Harnessing students’ creativity and imagination as a means to effective engagement in sustainable education. Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 5, 73-85.
Hu, L. -T., & Bentler, P. M. (1999). Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6, 1-55.
Intarachaimas, W. (2012). Teaching agricultural students to be creativity. Naresuan University Journal, 20(1), 99-103.
Lacy, W. B. (1993). Can agricultural colleges meet the needs of sustainable agriculture. American Journal Alternative Agriculture, 8(1), 40-45.
Liang, C., & Chia, T. -L. (2014). Reliability, validity, and factor structure of the imaginative capability scale. Creativity Research Journal, 26(1), 106-114.
Liang, C., Hsu, Y., Chang, C. -C., & Lin, L. -J. (2013). In search of an index of imagination for virtual experience designers. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 23(4), 1037-1046.
Lieblein, G., Francis, C., & King, J. (2000). Conceptual framework for structuring future agricultural colleges and universities in industrial countries. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 6(4), 213-222.
Lin, W. -S., Hsu, Y., & Liang, C. (2014). The mediator effects of conceiving imagination on academic performance of design students. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 24(1), 73-89.
Liu, E., & Noppe-Brandon, S. (2009). Imagination first: Unlocking the power of possibilities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Marks, D. F. (1973). Visual imagery differences in the recall of pictures. British Journal of Psychology, 64(1), 17-24.
Marks, D. F. (1995). New directions for mental imagery research. Journal of Mental Imagery, 19(3-4), 153-167.
Marshall, G. (2009). Crisis Forum, JISCMail, 23/7/2009. ttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=CRISIS-FORUM;7a39d2d.1403.
Morosini, P. (2010). Seven keys to imagination: Creating the future by imagining the unthinkable - and delivering it. London, UK: Marshall Cavendish.
Orr, D. W. (1994). Earth in mind: On education, environment, and the human prospect. Covelo, CA: Island Press.
Passmore, J. (1985). Recent philosophers: A supplement to a hundred years of philosophy. New York, NY: Duckworth.
Perdue, K. (2003). Imagination. The Chicago school of media theory. Retrieved 15 February, 2014, from http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/mediatheory/keywords/imagination/.
Richardson, A. (1969). Mental imagery. New York, NY: Springer.
Runco, M. A., & Jaeger, G. J. (2012). The standard definition of creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 24(1), 92-96.
Shin, U. (1994). The role of imagination in integrative knowledge: A Polanyian view. Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, 21(2), 16-28.
Steenkamp, J. B. E. M., & Baumgartner, H. (1998). Assessing measurement invariance in cross-national consumer research. Journal of Consumer Research, 25(1), 78-90.
Stein, M. I. (1953). Creativity and culture. Journal of Psychology, 36(2), 311–322.
Sternberg, R. J. (1999). A propulsion model of types of creative contributions. Review of General Psychology, 3(2), 83–100.
Swirski, T. (2010). Unleashing the imagination in learning, teaching and assessment: Design perspectives, innovative practices and meaning making. Paper presented at the ATN Assessment Conference. Australia: Australian Technology Network.
Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2001). Using multivariate statistics (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Taylor, M. (1999). Imaginary companions and the children who create them. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Taylor, M., Hulette, A. C., & Dishion, T. J. (2010). Longitudinal outcomes of young high-risk adolescents with imaginary companions. Developmental Psychology, 46(6), 1632-1636.
Thurstone, L. L., & Thurstone, T. G. (1965). Primary mental abilities. Chicago, IL: Science Research Associates.
Torrance, E. P. (1998). The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking norms technical manual figural (streamlined) forms A & B. Bensenville, IL: Scholastic Testing Service, Inc.
Vandenberg, R. J., & Lance, C. E. (2000). A review and synthesis of the measurement invariance literature: Suggestions, practices, and recommendations for organizational research. Organizational Research Methods, 3(1), 4-70.
Warnock, M. (1976). Imagination. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Wilson, K., & Morren Jr., G. E. B. (1990). Systems approaches for improvement in agriculture and resource management. New York, NY: Macmillan.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2014 Yuling Hsu, Li-Pei Peng, Jiun-Hao Wang, Chaoyun Liang
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
All articles published by IJLTER are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives 4.0 International License (CCBY-NC-ND4.0).
