Abstract:

Nowadays, in Education, more attention is paid to STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics areas, as well as to XXI century skills such as creativity and problem solving. Thus, scientific creativity is an area to be addressed at different levels of education, preparing students who may follow science-related professions or that need to understand the importance of science-related professions for society. The aims of this study are to adapt and validate a scientific creativity test, based on Scientific Creativity Structure Model (SCSM), for students aged between 10 and 12 years old. The Portuguese translated and adapted version of this test, will be applied to a sample of students (n=250) from the fifth and sixth grades. In this communication are presented and discussed results regarding the relationship between the academic performance, socio-demographic variables and scientific creativity of the students. In Portugal, there are no validated tests to assess scientific creativity in school-age children and young people. Therefore, the adaptation and validation of an instrument to measure scientific creativity will be an added value to assess scientific-creative thinking and may contribute to science education in terms of assessment as well as intervention in the stimulation of scientific-creative thinking skills.

Keywords:

Scientific creativity, primary school students, assessment.