Ideational skills training: A key element in creativity training programs

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-44

  Clapham, Maria M ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040321768     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1001_4     Document Type: Article

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