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de Vink, Isabelle C.; Willemsen, Robin H.; Lazonder, Ard. W.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Creativity requires both divergent and convergent thinking. Previous research established that "divergent" thinking relates to mathematics performance, but generally ignored the role of "convergent" thinking and, hence, leaves it unclear how both might interact when children work on mathematical tasks. This study…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Convergent Thinking, Mathematics Skills
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van Dijk, Marloes; Blom, Elma; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Leseman, Paul P. M. – Journal of Intelligence, 2020
Taking a perception-action perspective, we investigated how the presence of different real objects in children's immediate situation affected their creativity and whether this effect was moderated by their selective attention. Seventy children between ages 9 and 12 years old participated. Verbal responses on a visual Alternative Uses Task with a…
Descriptors: Cues, Attention, Attention Control, Children