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Houssein El Turkey; Gulden Karakok; Emily Cilli-Turner; V. Rani Satyam; Miloš Savic; Gail Tang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
Fostering students' mathematical creativity is important for their understanding and success in mathematics courses as well as their persistence in STEM, but it necessitates intentional instructional actions, such as designing and implementing tasks that have the potential to foster creativity. As teaching innovation requires support for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Study, Calculus
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Sadler-Smith, Eugene – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
Based on a detailed reading of Graham Wallas' "Art of Thought" (1926) it is argued that his four-stage model of the creative process (Preparation, Incubation, Illumination, Verification), in spite of holding sway as a conceptual anchor for many creativity researchers, does not reflect accurately Wallas' full account of the creative…
Descriptors: Creativity, Models, Scientific Principles, Discovery Processes
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Dunn, J. A. – Educational Review, 1976
The relationship between the research into creativity and the changes in school mathematics is investigated. Problems arising from this relationship and the research which attempts to solve them are considered. (Editor)
Descriptors: Creativity, Discovery Processes, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
Stevenson, Frederick W. – 1992
This book attempts to introduce students to the creative aspects of mathematics through exploratory problems. The introduction presents the criteria for the selection of the problems in the book. Criteria indicate that problems should: be immediately attractive, require data to be generated or gathered, appeal to students from junior high school…
Descriptors: Calculators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Thinking, Creativity