Divergence and convergence of mental forces of children in open and closed mathematical problems

International Education Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 252-260

  Sak, Ugur ^a   Maker, C June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Creativity; Divergence; Gifted; Mathematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844443191     PISSN: 14431475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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