The purpose of this study was to investigate the creative thinking and movement styles of three culturally homogeneous groups of kindergarten children to identify whether, and in what ways, they exhibit intragroup homogeneity and intergroup differences. The Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement Test was administered to American Indian, black American, and Dutch American kindergarteners. Quantitative and qualitative analyses revealed considerable intragroup homogeneity and intergroup differences. Specifically, the two non-European minority groups scored approximately one standard deviation higher on this measure of creativity than the Dutch American group.
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