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ERIC Number: EJ395191
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Developing Inventive Ability: Survival Skills for Societies in a Technological World.
Lewis, Gail
Gifted Education International, v6 n1 p16-21 1989
Research is reviewed on identifying the characteristics most important to inventive ability, focusing on intelligence, visualization, persistence, joy in manipulating materials, originality, curiosity, and observation. A screening device developed to assess inventive potential demonstrated significant differences between inventors and non-inventors on 4 of 15 items. (JDD)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Inventions, Screening Tests, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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