The two torrance creativity tests: The torrance tests of creative thinking and thinking creatively in action and movement

Creativity: A Handbook for Teachers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 117-142

  Kim, Kyung Hee ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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