A DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR CREATIVITY OF ACTION AND MOVEMENT IN DANCE FOR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop and examine the quality of assessing motor creativity of action and movement in Dance for 6^th grade students and to study the level of creativity in the movement. The sample was the 6^th grade students at Anuban Mueang Mai Chonburi School selected by cluster sampling. The sample was divided into the first sample group including 35 students per 1 classroom and the sample group used in the second quality assessment including 175 students divided into 5 classrooms. The research instrument was an assessment of motor creativity of action and movement in Dance. It aimed to assess individual students through observation while the students were designing movement for all 5 local occupational topics. The components of assessment consisted of fluency thinking, flexibility thinking and creativity. The scoring rubric includes the level of 4 3 2 1 and 0. The content validity was assessed through Index of Concordance (IOC) and the Index of Discrimination. The reliability was assessed through Test-retest. The RAI was assessed between 2 assessors. The results showed that the IOC of all items was at .50 and above. This meant that the assessment criteria could assess scores as defined. The Index of Discrimination of both assessments showed that the assessments could discriminate the high and the low scores at a statistical significance of .05. The stable reliability assessed through Test-retest showed that the scores retrieved from the same instrument at different time intervals were stable. The range was between .84 to 1.00. The RAI showed that the 1^st time 1 = .98 and the 2^nd time = .96. It meant that the assessors gave consistent scores. The results of the level of motor creativity in action and movement in of the students showed that the fluency thinking, and creativity were mostly at a good level and the flexibility thinking was at a moderate level.