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ERIC Number: EJ371403
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Components of Original Thinking in Gifted Children.
Zarnegar, Zohreh; And Others
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v48 n1 p5-16 Spr 1988
The dimensionality of the construct of original thinking was studied using measures designed to control for confounding of the construct by fluency and by task ambiguity. The subjects were 315 gifted children in grades 4-6. Original thinking was conceptually distinguished from general intelligence, but evidence for a concept of general originality was mixed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary School Students, Gifted, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Intelligence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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