Diagnosing the creativity of designers: individual feedback within mass higher education

Design Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-497

  Jeffries, Karl K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

creativity diagnostics; design education; evaluation; reflective practice

Indexed keywords

CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVITY DIAGNOSTICS; DESIGN EDUCATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED LOGIC DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEEDBACK; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

TEACHING;

EID: 34447649748     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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