The effects of teaching students how to invent

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-267

  Westberg, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 0030373686     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1996.tb00772.x     Document Type: Article

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