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Creativity: Method or Magic?
An essay which explains what is and what is not creativity. By understanding what the creative process is, you will be able to properly invoke the creative thinking skills from within your students.
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Saving the Economy Through Arts Education
It is the belief of this article that by supporting arts education the future economy can be saved. This is because the arts foster 21st century skills necessary for a growing economy.
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How to Write a Test for Both Creativity and Knowledge
An excellent article providing many good ideas for how to write tests that encourage creativity and knowledge.
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Goshen College: Teaching Creativity
A comprehensive article about creative critical thinking written by an art teacher for art teachers.
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Stereotypes and Divergent Thinking: What Happens to Our Creativity as We Mature?
According to this author, creativity in children decreases as they get older. Learn what causes children to become less creative and what you can do as a teacher to help prevent it.
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Characteristics of Highly Creative Individuals
This page lists the 10 characteristics that highly creative people have. Knowing what these traits are can help parents or teachers to be able to recognize students who may exhibit creative thinking skills.
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The Creativity Web: Brainstorming
This site briefly explains and comments on the classic group brainstorming process. It lists the four major guidelines for successful brainstorming and contains some commentary from an author who wrote a book on creative thinking.