An Exploratory Study on Creativity, Personality and Schooling Achievement

Noémi Berlin, Maud Besançon () and Jean-Louis Tavani ()
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Maud Besançon: CHArt - Université Paris Nanterre - Cognitions Humaine et ARTificielle (Nanterre) - CHART - Cognitions Humaine et ARTificielle - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - EPHE - École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - UPEC UP12 - Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 - CY - CY Cergy Paris Université
Jean-Louis Tavani: LAPPS - Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre

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Abstract: We investigate the link between schooling achievement and creativity scores, controlling for personality traits and other individual characteristics. Our study is based on field data collected in a secondary school situated in a Parisian suburb. Four scores of creativity were measured on 9th graders. Verbal divergent thinking negatively predicts the grades in most subjects, but graphical integrative thinking is positively correlated with scientific grades. There is no significant correlation with the other measures of creativity, implying a low importance of creativity in school. In line with previous work, we find that conscientiousness and openness are positively associated with grades.

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Date: 2016
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Published in Education Economics, 2016, 24 (5), pp.536-556. ⟨10.1080/09645292.2015.1117580⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2015.1117580

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