It doesn't hurt to ask: Effects of instructions to be creative, practical, or analytical on essay-writing performance and their interaction with students' thinking styles

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 197-210

  O'Hara, Linda A ^a   Sternberg, Robert J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0012911020     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1302_7     Document Type: Article

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