Students' divergent thinking and teachers' ratings of creativity: Does gender play a role?

Journal of Creative Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-222

  Kousoulas, Fotis ^a   Mega, Georgia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Open University of Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Creativity; Divergent thinking; Gender differences; Teachers ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449377362     PISSN: 00220175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2009.tb01315.x     Document Type: Article

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