Idea focusing versus idea generating: A course for teachers on inventive problem solving

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-356

  Barak, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Creativity; Instruction; Inventive problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449348206     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290903301743     Document Type: Article

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