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ERIC Number: EJ410274
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Dissolving Barriers to Teaching Creative Thinking (and Meta-Thinking).
Leff, Herbert L.; Nevin, Ann
Teacher Education and Special Education, v13 n1 p36-39 Win 1990
This article outlines both specific barriers to teaching and learning creative thinking as well as some possible directions for solutions. Sixteen common barriers such as confusion, powerlessness, and negativity are described along with strategies to dissolve them using such conceptual tools as awareness plans and proactive metathinking. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Heuristics, Metacognition, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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