Exploring the relationship of creative thinking to reading and writing

Thinking Skills and Creativity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-47

  Wang, Amber Yayin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Creative performance; Creative thinking; Creativity; Elaboration; Reading; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856487267     PISSN: 18711871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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