Creative Potential of School Children in Hong Kong: Norms of the Wallach-Kogan Creativity Tests and Their Implications

Creativity Research Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-78

  Cheung, Ping Chung ^a   Lau, Sing ^b   Chan, David W ^a   Wu, William Y H ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 1842712397     PISSN: 10400419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326934crj1601_7     Document Type: Article

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