Creativity assessments currently in use are often are not engaging for young children. The current study employed a novel method, animations, for measuring children’s scientific creativity. A new test of scientific creativity for K2 students, titled TOSCAC (Test of Scientific Creativity Animations for Children) was developed based on the theory of Scientific Creativity as Dual Search. Test items included short animated stories. Children watched the animations and then were asked to generate hypotheses and redesign experiments to satisfy hypotheses. The animated test was individually administered to 801 students. Exploratory factor analyses yielded a two-factor structure which accounted for 71 % of variance. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the factor structure, showing an excellent fit. Children’s scores on the TOSCAC was significantly correlated with their scores on the SAGES 2. Higher-grade children scored significantly higher that lower-grade students on the TOSCAC. Internal consistency coefficients ranged from .79 to .88. The interscorer reliability ranged from .92 to .99. The study provides evidence for the use of the TOSCAC in assessments of children’s scientific creativity.

当前使用的创造力评估通常对年幼的孩子没有吸引力。当前的研究采用了一种新颖的动画方法来测量儿童的科学创造力。基于科学创造力作为双重搜索的理论，针对K2学生的科学创造力的新测试名为TOSCAC（儿童科学创造力动画测试）。测试项目包括简短的动画故事。孩子们观看了动画，然后被要求生成假设并重新设计实验以满足假设。动画测试被单独管理801名学生。探索性因素分析产生了一个由两个因素组成的结构，该结构占了71％的方差。验证性因子分析证实了因子结构，显示出极佳的拟合度。儿童在TOSCAC上的分数与他们在SAGES 2上的分数显着相关。高年级的儿童在TOSCAC上的分数明显高于低年级的学生。内部一致性系数的范围从0.79到0.88。得分手的信度介于.92到.99之间。该研究为TOSCAC在评估儿童科学创造力中的使用提供了证据。