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Girls & Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stories about Inventors Plus How You Can Be One Yourself.
Karnes, Frances A.; Bean, Suzanne M. – 1995
This book presents first-person accounts of 20 young female inventors. Most have won prizes for their inventions; some have even obtained patents. Part 1 "Inventors and Their Inventions," focuses on the young inventors and their lives, how they came up with their ideas, who helped them, what problems they faced, and how they solved their problems.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Children, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Download full textFoshay, Arthur Wellesley, Ed.; Morrisett, Irving, Ed. – 1978
Eight papers which discuss rational and nonrational modes of knowing and consciousness and their relevance to educational practice are presented. Richard Jones in "Looking Back and Forth on Consciousness" considers two modes, the rational and the metaphoric, in a discussion of dreams. Alfred Kuhn discusses random variation and selective retention…
Descriptors: Books, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Creativity
