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Peer reviewedBarker, Dennis – Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 1986
A British polytechnic's civil engineering course emphasizing creative problem solving, begun in the late 1960s, has shown that it is possible to increase students' creative ability in the course of a degree program. Research into the identification of students who will benefit from the approach is continuing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Creative Thinking, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
