Creativity Rubric

The ability to think, work, and respond in ways characterized by a high degree of originality, divergent thinking, and risk taking; the ability to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise (or aspects of these) in ways that are original or that lead to unexpected results.

Description

Creativity is an approach that can be used in response to a project, a question, or a problem to be solved, across all disciplines and areas of study. Creative thinking is a learnable skill approached with an openness to many different possibilities, and requires audacity in thinking and execution. It begins with brainstorming, and then the best ideas are selected and improved through a cyclical process of reflection and revision. Creative work can draw upon personal experience, and often responds to or breaks with past traditions or contemporary practices. Good creative thinking happens in a context of intentional feedback and can be collaborative.

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Audacity

Actively seeks out daring possibilities; work shows evidence of experimentation.

Values and demonstrates openness to new possibilities and experimental ideas by seeking them out.

Values the need to be daring. Explores possibilities and experimental ideas when prompted.

Aware of the need for experimentation in creative thinking.  Does not act on this awareness.

Accepts status quo.  Unwilling to consider experimentation in creative thinking.

Brainstorming

Develops and selects a complete range of truly original ideas after an exhaustive and integrative exploration process which draws upon new and unexpected sources.

Develops a wide range of possible ideas through an expansive process that  integrates academic and personal experiences with theory and research.

Develops a range of possible ideas. Draws upon academic and personal experiences, exhibits some flexibility and openness to multiple possibilities.

Develops some possible ideas. Draws upon a limited range of academic and personal experiences, generates a narrow range of possibilities.

Does not engage in a brainstorming process.

Iteration

Plans and develops a process that works through cycle (creation, reflection, revision) in an intentional and efficient way, and that results in a superior product.

Actively engages in iterative process, works through cycle (creation, reflection, revision) in an intentional way leading to a more polished product.

Aware of, and can articulate the value of the iteration process.  Works through cycle (creation, reflection, revision) to refine product.

Aware of the iteration process, implementation of the process is incomplete.

Unaware of, or resistant to iterating.

Contextualization

Articulates relationship of work to contexts and also critically examines those contexts.

Connects a creative work to relevant and substantive, and/or compelling past experiences, traditions, contemporary practices, or other influences.

Connects a creative work to some past experiences, traditions, contemporary practices, or other influences.

Connects a creative work to some past experiences, traditions, contemporary practices, or other influences with assistance or prompting.

Provides no connections to past experiences, traditions, contemporary practices, or other influences.

Feedback

Actively seeks diverse feedback from both experts and non-experts in the field. Evaluates feedback for relevance and utility and applies feedback to create a superior product.

Seeks feedback.  Able to evaluate feedback for relevance and utility, and apply feedback to improve product or future work.

Accepts and acts upon feedback. Begins to discern relevance and utility of feedback.

Accepts feedback.  Feedback is partially acted upon.

Does not solicit or consistently rejects feedback.