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Torrance, E. Paul; Sato, Saburo – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1979
The American students excelled their Japanese counterparts only on fluency, while the Japanese excelled the Americans on flexibility in using the stimuli, originality, elaboration, resistance to premature closure, breaking boundaries, unusual visual perspective, internal visual perspective, humor, feeling and emotion, fantasy, and movement.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
Artley, Nancy L.; And Others – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1980
Findings indicated that, among college students, problem finding ability is independent of intelligence and field dependence. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Creativity Research, Higher Education
Black, Robert Alan; Torrance, E. Paul – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1981
Briefly described are the use of three games to develop creative thinking skills at the third grade and college levels. The games are part of the "Think Links" series based on Edward De Bono's Thinking Skill Model. (DB)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Education, Games
Carroll, James L. – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1978
The author describes his experiences and philosophy in teaching creativity as an academic subject to university students. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Course Content, Creative Development, Creativity
Torrance, E. Paul; Sato, Saburo – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1979
Among findings were that almost twice as many Japanese students preferred the intuitive approach to solving problems, and 27 percent of Japanese students regarded themselves as more intellectual than creative compared to 49 percent of American students studied. Preference by the Japanese students for verbal modes of learning as compared to their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Creativity, Educational Research
