Which tests can be administered by the teacher to identify creative children?…

Concept

Teachers can screen children for creative potential using performance-based tasks that tap divergent thinking — the ability to generate multiple, varied, original responses rather than one fixed answer. The standard teacher-administrable battery (adapted from Torrance-type creative-thinking tests) includes figural tasks such as elaborating an incomplete shape or picture, plus a practical task asking for improvements to a common object — each scored for fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.

Application

1. Figure Construction Test — the child elaborates a simple incomplete shape into a meaningful drawing; a standard figural creativity measure. Valid.

2. Product Improvement Test — the child suggests changes to make a familiar toy/object more interesting or useful, testing flexibility and originality. Valid.

3. "Usual uses" test, as worded here, is not a recognised creativity-assessment instrument. The standard verbal task in this battery is the Unusual Uses Test, which asks for uncommon/atypical uses of a common object — a differently named and differently defined task. As stated, this option does not correspond to a standard test.

4. Picture Completion Test — the child completes an incomplete picture/outline into a meaningful whole; another standard figural measure of elaboration and originality. Valid.

So the tests that are actually part of the recognised battery are Figure Construction, Product Improvement, and Picture Completion — i.e. (a), (b) and (d).

Cross-check

This matches the officially released HTET 2024 answer key for Sub. Code 5321 (Computer Science, Level-3), Set A, Question 24, which marks the correct code as (a), (b) and (d).