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Visible Learning MetaX
Version 1.4 – Updated February 2026

Relating creativity to achievement

Overview

  • Influence: Relating creativity to achievement
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Prior knowledge and background
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to considerably accelerate
  • Influence Definition: Creativity is the bringing together two or more ideas in a novel way and this influence relates creativity to a student's intelligence.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 7
  • Number of studies: 328
  • Number of students: 114,979
  • Number of effects: 1,677
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.51
  • Robustness index: 4

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Prufrock Journal Kim Can Only Intelligent People Be Creative? A Meta-Analysis 2005 Relationship between creativity and achievement 21 45,880 447 0.35
Stata Journal Halliburton-Beatty & Simms Meta-Analysis of Effect of Creativity on Achievement 2013 Creativity and achievement 6 NA 6 0.25
Journal of Educational Psychology Gajda, Karwowski, & Begheto Creativity and academic achievement: A meta-analysis.  1997 Relationship between creativity and achievement 120 52,578 782 0.45
Creativity Research Journal Ma The effect size of variables associated with creativity: A meta-analysis 2009 Creativity on school performance and achievement 111 NA 372 0.33
Journal Bimbingan dan Konseling Borneo Purtri, Ahman, & Yudha Meta analisis: Hubungan kreativitas dan achievement. 2021 Creativity and achievement 11 NA 11 0.64
Research and Evaluation in Education Manaf, Dewanti, Mam, Susetyawati & Ernawati Is there a correlation between creativity and learning achievement? A meta-analysis study. 2022 Creativity and achievement 41 9,675 41 0.78
Conference paper Akpur Creativity and academic achievement: A meta-analysis 2023 Creativity and achievement 18 6,846 18 1.58
TOTAL/AVERAGE 328 114,979 1,677 0.63
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