Creativity in technology education: providing children with glimpses of their inventive potential

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-268

  Lewis, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogical thinking; Combination; Creativity; Inventiveness; Metaphorical thinking; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ANALOGICAL THINKING; COMBINATION; CREATIVITY; INVENTIVENESS; METAPHORICAL THINKING;

CURRICULA; TECHNOLOGY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 67849095725     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: 15731804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-008-9051-y     Document Type: Article

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