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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
Simonton, Dean Keith – Creativity Research Journal, 2015
Arthur Cropley (2006) emphasized the critical place that convergent thinking has in creativity. Although he briefly refers to the blind variation and selective retention (BVSR) theory of creativity, his discussion could not reflect the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in BVSR, especially the resulting combinatorial models.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes
Bianchi, Lynne – Primary Science, 2013
What do children really wonder about? What encourages children to wonder? Where is space found for children to share their wonderings in school? What, if any, is the role of the teacher in a child's wondering? And what is the value of wondering in primary science classrooms today? Lynne Bianchi shares the answers she and others found in a recent…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods, Discovery Processes
Perla, Rocco J.; Carifio, James – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Background: Extending Merton's (1936) work on the consequences of purposive social action, the model, theory and taxonomy outlined here incorporates and formalizes both anticipated and unanticipated research findings in a unified theoretical framework. The model of anticipated research findings was developed initially by Carifio (1975, 1977) and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Models, Influences, Creativity

De Beaugrande, Robert – College Composition and Communication, 1979
Provides a model for the process of invention and illustrates it through an analysis of Shakespeare's 33rd sonnet. (DD)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Higher Education

Churchman, Kris – Science and Children, 2002
Explains how students can be guided to model the invention process using potatoes. Details the steps and the materials used in the modeling, including the phases of the invention process. Presents this activity as preparation for the Invent America program. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Strategies
Griffin, Elizabeth – Outdoor Communicator, 1982
Notes need for outdoor education programs for gifted students. Describes a 1981 survey of such programs provided by New York's Board of Cooperative Educational Services and outdoor education centers. Renzulli's Enrichment Triad Model and Parents' Creative Problem Solving Process are suggested as models to teach gifted students through outdoor…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Curriculum Enrichment, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education
Novak, John M. – 1987
This paper argues that just as imagination has been important for the inception and promotion of invitational education, it is also necessary for the development of inviting research strategies. Applying the educative process to the study of inviting, recommendations are made for relating the constituent parts of the inviting stance (optimism,…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Educational Attitudes