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Peer reviewedSubotnik, Rena F. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1988
A study of 147 Westinghouse Science Talent Search winners classified 57 subjects as independent problem finders. They were asked to select five of the 31 factors in Guilford's Structure of Intellect model which best described the process of choosing their research question. Implications for educating secondary science students are discussed. (VW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creativity, Models
Peer reviewedShahrin, Muhammad; Toh, Kok-Aun; Ho, Boon-Tiong; Wong, Jessie – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2002
A study examined the relationship between the creative thinking of 114 13 to 14-year-old females and scientific problem-solving ability. The students did well in the "preliminary trialing" stage and were more proficient in "interpreting" and "performing" process skills. The other three components, "communication,""planning," and "reflecting,"…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Females, Laboratory Procedures
Peer reviewedTorrance, E. Paul – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1978
Two projects have been designed to help gifted students enlarge, enrich, and make more accurate their images of the future. (BD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Awareness, Career Education, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedReynolds, Cecil R.; Torrance, E. Paul – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1978
Two hundred gifted and talented secondary students received an intensive exposure to a diverse array of learning and thinking experiences (indirect training) while 68 graduate students received intensive training in creative problem solving with emphasis on right cerebral hemisphere functions (direct training). (CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
