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Idea Focusing versus Idea Generating: A Course for Teachers on Inventive Problem Solving
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Barak, Moshe – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
This paper deals with a course intended to teach individuals a method of convergent thinking, or "idea focusing", in seeking inventive solutions to problems and designing innovative artefacts. The course participants (mathematics, science, or technology teachers) learned a range of "inventive principles" often used for problem-solving in…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Tests, Problem Solving, Convergent Thinking