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Peer reviewedSmith, Michael K. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This article describes inventions devised by 50 undergraduates, and groups them into 6 categories: personal/body, home, transportation, convenience devices/services, entertainment/recreation, and miscellaneous. Examples of inventions by national winners (ages 6-12) in the Invent America Contest are also given. (DB)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBaker-Sennett, Jacquelyn; Ceci, Stephen J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
Two studies were conducted, one using 80 university students and the other 140 fifth through seventh graders, to examine the relationship between problem-solving strategies (leaping and flexibility) and measures of insight and scholastic aptitude. Relationships among insight, leaping, and quantitative scholastic aptitude were found. A…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
