Syntes: Scott (2004): well-designed creativity training works, best when it teaches cognitive skills with realistic, domain-fitting exercises

Källa: Scott, G.; Leritz, L. E.; Mumford, M. D. (2004). The effectiveness of creativity training: A quantitative review. Creativity Research Journal 16(4), 361–388. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400410409534549

Verified content (abstract (OpenAlex record); full text paywalled, not read, checked 2026-10-14)

• Design (abstract): quantitative meta-analysis of 70 program evaluations.
• Findings (abstract): well-designed programs typically raise creative performance, generalising across criteria, settings and populations, also when internal validity is considered. More successful programs focus on cognitive skills and heuristics for applying them, with realistic exercises suited to the domain.
• Limits: older literature, many short programs; effect sizes not taken from the full text here.

Why it is in the library

Added in a targeted search for studies that measure creativity directly (theme: kreativitet), for Jonatan's lecture on creativity, AI and learning.