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ERIC Number: EJ306013
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Problem Solving and the Quality of Invention: An Empirical Investigation.
Simlansky, Jonathan
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n3 p377-86 Jun 1984
Using Raven Progressive Matrices Test items, this study developed an empirical measure of subjects' ability to create new problems. The relationship between this ability and problem solving skills was examined. A very low correlation was found between inventing and solving problems. Problem creation was more difficult than problem solving. (BS)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, High Schools, Higher Education, Intelligence, Problem Solving, Productive Thinking, Scoring
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Problem Identification; Raven Progressive Matricies