Creative Problem Solving: The history, development, and implications for gifted education and talent development

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-353

  Treffinger, Donald J ^a   Isaksen, Scott G ^b  

^a Center for Creative Learning Inc

^b Creative Problem Solving Group Inc   (United States)

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EID: 27744520509     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001698620504900407     Document Type: Article

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