TY - JOUR
AU - Treffinger, Donald J.
AB - THE ROLE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL IN TEACHING CREATIVE THINKING John F. Feldhusen Purdue University Donald J. Treffinger Kansas University of In 1974 we received a from the National Institute of grant Education to conduct dissemination on the of project teaching creative and the of thinking problem solving. Specifically purposes the were as follows: project Conduct a field of teachers’ of their 1) problems study perceptions and needs in and problem solving. teaching creativity Review the material for and 2) published teaching creativity problem solving. Review the research on and 3) teaching creativity problem solving. a for teachers and directions 4) offering Prepare report guidance in this area. conduct and evaluate a for teachers on 5) workshop Design, and creativity problem solving. Our were focus on the efforts to needs of teachers in schools which enrolled numbers of students and students from large minority disadvantaged families. economically As an to the first we interviewed and approach purpose gave to 408 teachers in five cities: In- questionnaires elementary Kansas Los and In- dianapolis, Atlanta, City, Angeles, Lafayette, diana. The results were in an article in reported Psychological showed that teachers knew little Reports (1975). Briefly they very about methods or materials 
TI - The Role of Instructional Material in Teaching Creative Thinking
JF - Gifted Child Quarterly
DO - 10.1177/001698627702100405
DA - 1977-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-role-of-instructional-material-in-teaching-creative-thinking-BoZ9poDyl0
SP - 450
EP - 459
VL - 21
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
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