Process-based measures of creative problem-solving skills: I. Problem construction

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-76

  Mumford, Michael D ^a,c   Baughman, Wayne A ^a   Victoria Threlfall, K ^b   Supinski, Elizabeth P ^b   Costanza, David P ^b  

^a American Institutes for Research

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0012963051     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj0901_6     Document Type: Article

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