Research Catalog

Title

Creative thinking : problem solving skills and the arts orientation / John F. Wakefield.

Author

Wakefield, John F., 1952-

Publication

Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub., ©1992.

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Details

Description

xv, 123 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

ETHS alumnus, class of 1970.

Series Statement

Creativity research

Uniform Title

Creativity research.

Subject

• Creative thinking
• Problem solving
• Problem Solving
• Creative thinking
• Problem solving
• Kreatives Denken
• Kreativität
• Problemlösen

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-102) and indexes.

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction. Creativity and the Arts Orientation. A Measure of the Arts Orientation. The Arts Orientation and Cognition -- Ch. 2. Creative Thinking in the Fifth Grade. A Definition of Creative Thinking. The Kilby Study -- Ch. 3. Classification of Cognitive Skills. Closed Problems with Closed Solutions. Open Problems with Closed Solutions. Open Problems with Open Solutions. Closed Problems with Open Solutions. Uses of the Classification of Cognitive Skills -- Ch. 4. Creative Thinking at Age Fourteen. The Empirical Investigation. Implications -- Ch. 5. Creative Thinking of High School Seniors. The Empirical Investigation. Implications -- Ch. 6. Stories for the Thematic Apperception Test Blank Card. The Empirical Investigation -- Ch. 7. Theoretical and Educational Implications. The Distribution of Creative Thinking. Creative Thinking and Conformity. Creative Thinking and Education -- Appendix A: Occupations of Artistically Oriented Individuals -- Appendix B: Blank Card Stories by Fine Arts Majors -- Appendix C: Blank Card Stories with High Creativity Indices.

ISBN

• 0893918083
• 9780893918088
• 0893919845
• 9780893919849

LCCN

92007306

OCLC

• ocm25411090
• 25411090
• SCSB-1961841

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library