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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lin, Wei-Sheng; Hsu, Yuling; Liang, Chaoyun – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2014
Three studies were combined to examine the effects of creativity and imagination on the academic performance of design students. Study 1 conducted an exploratory factor analysis to determine the most appropriate structure of the Creativity Capability Scale (CCS) in a sample of 313 college students. The scale was a new self-report measure, and it…
Descriptors: Imagination, Academic Achievement, Creativity, Factor Analysis
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Hsu, Ming-Chieh; Chiang, Chenwei; Liang, Chaoyun – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2014
The purpose of the present study was twofold: (1) to examine the mediator effects of imagination between learning environment and academic performance, and (2) to compare differences between the environment--imagination--performance structural models of science and engineering majors. A survey was administered at eight universities across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Imagination, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
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Liang, Chaoyun; Hsu, Yuling; Chang, Chi-Cheng; Lin, Li-Jhong – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Imagination is a gift to humans, and a creative faculty of the mind. Although early studies in the fields of philosophy and psychology appreciated the value of imagination, little work has been done pertaining to indicators of imagination. This study synthesized early works on imagination carried out between 1900 and 2012 to clarify its meaning…
Descriptors: Imagination, Philosophy, Psychology, Multimedia Materials