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One of the most important questions that educators try to answer is how to prepare new generations of students for an unpredictable future. Students need to learn several skills, such as creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication the 4 Cs. This review aims to offer school psychologists and other educators such as teachers, policymakers, and curriculum designers a comprehensive and practical guide to one of the most well-known creativity assessments—the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking TTCT that was developed by E.
Paul Torrance in the s. The paper discusses the history, components, training, psychometric properties, and uses of the TTCT. Contrary to the notion that the TTCT is only a measure of divergent thinking skills, the current article presents its other uses.
Keywords: Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, school psychologists, teachers, divergent thinking indices, validity and reliability. Education in the 21st century is more complex and challenging than ever before. Perhaps the most important question that educators are trying to answer is how to prepare students for the unforeseeable future wherein the emergent problems are still ill-defined Abdulla Alabbasi et al. Creativity is a core component in the 21st century skills framework 4 Cs: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity Abdulla and Runco, , but educators are not always sure how to teach and measure creative abilities.
