Table 3.

Meta-regulation during the creative process – examples of coded segments of participants thinking aloud statements with reliability and descriptive statistics.

Segment code		Example	Overview	Reliability	M (SD)
Exploratory activities	Strategic exploration	“I’m not sure what could it be... maybe a flower?”	Talks to oneself before drawing, analyzing the graphic elements placed on the test sheet	α = 0.97	0.56 (0.94)
	Exploration in hand	‘I add lines to the semicircle and now I know that it will be a guitar” [combines the semicircle with the curve line].	Discovers the relationship between graphic elements placed on the test sheet while drawing	α = 0.94	0.93 (2.06)
Decision-making and control activities	Planning	“Now maybe I’ll draw something that will look like helix. This will make it a little more scientific”	Provides justification for planned activity	α = 0.97	1.58 (1.93)
	Correction	[Improves drawing of the sun and says] “maybe it will make the moon and the night.”	Introduces amendments to the proposed solution	α = 0.83	0.45 (0.96)
	Reporting and control	“Could this be a square? [wonders]. Ok, I’ll come back to it later.”	In a controlled way, postpones the execution of some activities related to the task completion	α = 0.95	4.38 (2.77)
	Elaboration	”[Returns to the drawn face] I’ll finish drawing a face and a cap I will do on his head... with a visor.”	Returns to the proposed solution and elaborates it	α = 0.99	1.45 (2.11)
Affective-evaluatory activities	Expressing emotions of a challenge	“I’ll think of something... I can draw whatever I want.’	Treats the test task as a challenge	α = 0.77	0.23 (0.53)
	Expressing emotions of hesitance and uncertainty	“Can it be so simple? I think that it is impossible to do anything about it anymore…”	Seeking approval for proposed solutions	α = 0.94	0.88 (1.20)
	Positive self-evaluation of skills	“The simplest solutions are the best, I cleverly outplayed it.”	Positively evaluates own competencies associated with the performed test task and expresses satisfaction	α = 0.72	0.08 (0.27)
	Negative self-evaluation of skills	”I cannot draw. I don’t have such imagination!”	Negatively evaluates oneself and own competencies needed to solve the test task	α = 0.91	0.30 (0.61)
	Global evaluation	[At the end of solving the test says] “probably it is not too original but... it is simple.”	Evaluates proposed comprehensive test solution	α = 0.73	0.08 (0.27)
	Evaluation of partial solutions	“It does not look like a butterfly... Oh, well! Let’s say it’s a butterfly.”	Evaluates the partial solution while solving the test	α = 0.97	1.50 (1.06)