Constructed Creativity: Balancing Assessment and Expression
Explore how assessment rubrics shape creative writing. A study on the tension between academic compliance and student voice in rehearsed originality.
Constructed Creativity
STRUCTURE
Assessment shapes writing
Patterns in high-scoring responses
Marks prioritised over voice
FREEDOM
Pre-prepared responses
Flash fiction conditions
Surface features over meaning
n = 13 (9 teachers, 4 tutors)
From Data to Argument
COLLECTED
Survey
Interview
Documents
ANALYSING
Themes emerging
Rubric language
NEXT
Synthesis
Final writing
A Negotiated Space
Voice vs Validation
Creativity vs Compliance
Expression vs Evaluation
Product vs Process
Rehearsed originality.
- creative-writing
- education-research
- pedagogy
- literacy
- assessment-strategies
- curriculum-design
- teaching