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Peer reviewedLoehle, Craig – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
This discussion of the discovery process in science suggests that discoveries are often made by a pattern recognition process which includes elaboration of a perceived pattern involving development of a descriptive vocabulary, elucidation of mathematical relations and measures, development of measurement instruments and techniques, and deduction…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Hypothesis Testing
