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Ghassib, Hisham B. – Gifted and Talented International, 2010
The basic premise of this paper is the fact that science has become a major industry: the knowledge industry. The paper throws some light on the reasons for the transformation of science from a limited, constrained and marginal craft into a major industry. It, then, presents a productivist industrial model of knowledge production, which shows its…
Descriptors: Creativity, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Principles
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Harris, Mary B.; Fisher, Judith L. – Psychological Reports, 1973
The present study observed problem-solving styles with anagrams to see whether observing a model solve anagrams in a rigid or flexible way would affect the types of solutions the subjects used. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Models, Problem Solving
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McMullan, W. E.; Stocking, J. R. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1978
A questionnaire for focusing college student attention upon the subtleties implicit in a three-dimensional model of creativity is presented. (BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Creative Thinking
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Wakefield, John F. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This article reviews the history of divergent thinking tests and provides a projection of current research suggesting a bright outlook for creativity tests. A model relating problem finding and problem solving is described, as are approaches to increasing test reliability. (DB)
Descriptors: Creativity, Creativity Research, Creativity Tests, Divergent Thinking
Williams, Frank E. – 1968
Structured by a three-dimensional learning theory model, an experimental teacher education project was designed to develop creativity in elementary school children. In this model, the interaction of standard curriculum and 23 project-oriented teaching strategies produced the components of productive-divergent thinking: fluency, flexibility,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Annotated Bibliographies, Creative Thinking, Creativity