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Direct linkSteven E. Stemler; James C. Kaufman – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
Some types of instructions for creativity tasks (such as explicitly telling people to be creative) can boost performance. Showing people examples or telling them ways of approaching the problem before they begin a creativity task can help, but results are mixed about whether it is better to emphasize positive examples/approaches that can be…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Creativity
Peer reviewedStratton, R. E. – Rhetoric Review, 1986
Proposes a formula that can be used in hiring members of an English department. (FL)
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Research, English Departments, Higher Education
Hofmann, William – Media and Methods, 1980
Recounts what happened when a night school teacher thought creativity meant Joyce, Porter, and Frost, while the students thought it meant cocktail napkins, cereal boxes, and sexy stories. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Writing, Creativity, Higher Education
