Towards a model to evaluate creativity-oriented learning activities

Abstract Creativity is becoming a keyword in that it is considered one of the essential competences both to live in today's knowledge society and to build a “better future” and for this reason educational systems have started investing in the development of student creative abilities and skills. This paper proposes a model to evaluate learning activities aimed to nurture and sustain “creative skills and attitudes”; the model is based on three main dimensions, namely: the cognitive, the meta-cognitive and the affective dimension.

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