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Peer reviewedFowler, Richard G. – Journal of Scientific Exploration, 1987
Studies time intervals in a list of critical ideas in physics. Infers that the rate of growth of ideas has been proportional to the totality of known ideas multiplied by the totality of people in the world. Indicates that the rate of discovery in physics has been decreasing. (CW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Science, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes
Download full textNovak, John M. – 1987
This paper argues that just as imagination has been important for the inception and promotion of invitational education, it is also necessary for the development of inviting research strategies. Applying the educative process to the study of inviting, recommendations are made for relating the constituent parts of the inviting stance (optimism,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Attitudes
