Rubric for Creativity

Very Creative Creative Ordinary/Routine Imitative

Variety of ideas Ideas represent a Ideas represent Ideas represent Ideas do not
and contexts startling variety of important concepts important concepts represent
important concepts from different from the same or important
from different contexts or similar contexts or concepts.
contexts or disciplines. disciplines.
disciplines.

Variety of Created product Created product Created product Created product

sources draws on a wide draws on a variety draws on a limited draws on only
variety of sources, of sources, set of sources and one source or
including different including different media. on sources that
texts, media, texts, media, are not
resource persons, resource persons, trustworthy or
or personal or personal appropriate.
experiences. experiences.

Combining Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are combined Ideas are
ideas combined in combined in in ways that are copied or
original and original ways to derived from the restated from
surprising ways to solve a problem, thinking of others the sources
solve a problem, address an issue, (for example, of the consulted.
address an issue, or make something authors in sources
or make something new. consulted).
new.

Communicating Created product is Created product is Created product Created product

something new interesting, new, or interesting, new, or serves its intended does not serve
helpful, making an helpful, making an purpose (for its intended
original original example, solving a purpose (for
contribution that contribution for its problem or example,
includes identifying intended purpose addressing an solving a
a previously (for example, issue). problem or
unknown problem, solving a problem addressing an
issue, or purpose. or addressing an issue).
issue).