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<title>Creative Programing Problem Solving Test (CPPST)</title>
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<h1>Creative Programming Problem Solving Test (CPPST)</h1>
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<p>This test is also a part of the book <a href="/post/2022/09/the-creative-programmer-early-access-release/">The Creative Programmer</a>.
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Here are a few statements that may or may not be applicable, <em>in context of your project</em>. There are no right or wrong answers, so please just answer honestly. In the end, you'll receive an overview of all CPPST attributes.
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Below you see the results divided in seven unique attributes of the CPPST model, each with a score from 1 to 5.
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<h2>Results in Detail</h2>
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Please notice that these results are always <strong>in context of your project</strong>! A low score on an attribute does not mean you are not good at that attribute. It merely suggests that in context of the project, you were less creative. <br/>
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<h3>1. Curiosity</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Curiosity"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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A <em>curious</em> someone is a person that always shows interest in new, unknown things, that likes to come out of his or hers comfort zone and that likes to delve into a subject or to create things. Someone who does not need external motivation.
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<strong>Curiosity</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: did not learn new things or no will/desire to learn new things</li>
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<li>High score: A "hungry" mind. Motivated to look for new things, enriches own world</li>
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<h3>2. Creative State of Mind</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Creative-State-of-Mind"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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Someone with a <em>creative state of mind</em> is a person that faces work with the right attitude such that creativity can flow optimally and time seems to fly by.
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<br/><strong>Focus</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: Stays at the surface of problems. Gets interrupted frequently.</li>
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<li>High score: Feels freedom and a "flow" during work, goes deep sometimes, has illuminating "aha" moments</li>
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<h3>3. Creative Techniques</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Creative-Techniques"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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Someone who uses <em>creative techniques</em> is someone who knows how exactly to approach problems, and which techniques are involved to get to the best possible solution.
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<br/><strong>Technique</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: no idea how to take hurdles. Halted when stuck.</li>
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<li>High score: Ideas on how to move forward, especially when stuck.</li>
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<h3>4. Technical Knowledge</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Technical-Knowledge"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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Someone with <em>technical knowledge</em> is someone who has the know-how to tackle the problem at hand: knowledge of programming languages, techniques, willing to continuously improve, and so forth.
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<br/><strong>Knowledge</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: no new knowledge gathered or too little knowledge to solve bigger programming problems</li>
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<li>High score: builds upon newly acquired knowledge to take on problems easily.</li>
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<h3>5. Communication</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Communication"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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A <em>communicative</em> someone is a person driven by internal or external feedback, that way striving to be able to offer the best solution possible. Someone who actively shares.
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<br/><strong>Feedback</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: does not ask for feedback, resulting in suboptimal solutions.</li>
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<li>High score: uses fast and regular feedback of others to improve the solution. Shares own ideas, open to serendipity.</li>
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<h3>6. Constraints</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Constraints"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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Someone who can handle <em>constraints</em> is someone who gets the best out of themselves given the limitations that are applied because of internal or external circumstances.
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<br/><strong>Context</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: cannot deal with the constraints of the assignment and therefore cannot arrive at a relevant solution.</li>
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<li>High score: the context of the assignment can be turned into focus and thus better performance.</li>
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<h3>7. Critical Thinking</h3>
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Your score: <span class="result" id="result_Critical-Thinking"></span>/5. <br/><br/>
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A <em>critical</em> someone is a questioner who does not only doubt things, but also comes up with alternatives, compares, considers, and implements. Critical thinking means making well-informed decisions in context of the problem at hand.
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<br/><strong>Introspection</strong> is the most important factor.
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<li>Low score: takes everything for granted without questioning the facts. Loses time to irrelevant things.</li>
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<li>High score: Questions requirements and comes up with alternatives. Is willing to change things half-way through.</li>
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<button type="button" id="download" class="btn btn-primary">💾 Download Results</button>
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<h2>The Paper</h2>
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<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.13565.pdf"/>Self-Assessing Creative Problem Solving for Aspiring Software Developers: A Pilot Study</a>.<br/>
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The seven attributes are identified in the paper <a href="https://people.cs.kuleuven.be/~wouter.groeneveld/creafocus/">Exploring the Role of Creativity in Software Engineering</a>.
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This test is also a part of the book <a href="/post/2022/09/the-creative-programmer-early-access-release/">The Creative Programmer</a>. Be sure to check out a summary and a free sneak-preview inside!
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<a href="/post/2022/09/the-creative-programmer-early-access-release/">
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