An experimental study of the effects of improvisation on the development of children's creative thinking in music

Psychology of Music

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-278

  Koutsoupidou, Theano ^a   Hargreaves, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; Creative thinking; Improvisation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149158248     PISSN: 03057356     EISSN: 17413087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0305735608097246     Document Type: Article

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