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Facets of Creative Potential in Selected Occupational Fields
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Silke Fischer; Antje Barabasch – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Today, creativity is considered a success factor in many occupational fields and a core competence of the 21st century. In vocational education and training (VET), creativity is defined as problem-solving ability and ascribed to the transversal competences. Creativity is always context-dependent in terms of the work environment and specific…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Creativity, Occupations, Job Skills
Innovation in Virtual Teams: The Critical Role of Anonymity across Divergent and Convergent Thinking Processes
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Jonali Baruah; Keesha Green – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
This experimental research investigates the creativity of anonymous video-based groups through a series of collaborative divergent and convergent thinking stages of innovation. A sample of 113 undergraduate students participated in small groups of three or four to complete a creative problem-solving task in either anonymous or identified…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Creativity, Creative Thinking, Convergent Thinking
The Influence of Resource Interdependence during Problem Solving in Groups: Tracking Changes in Knowledge Structure
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Kim, Kyung; Clariana, Roy B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
This experimental investigation seeks to confirm and extend previous investigations that resource interdependence vs. independence during problem-solving relatively extends the problem representation phase before convergence on a solution. In this current investigation, ninth-grade Korean native language participants (n = 240) worked online to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Group Activities, Secondary School Students
Creativity in Mathematics Performance: The Role of Divergent and Convergent Thinking
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de Vink, Isabelle C.; Willemsen, Robin H.; Lazonder, Ard. W.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Background: Creativity requires both divergent and convergent thinking. Previous research established that "divergent" thinking relates to mathematics performance, but generally ignored the role of "convergent" thinking and, hence, leaves it unclear how both might interact when children work on mathematical tasks. This study…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Convergent Thinking, Mathematics Skills
Creative Problem-Solving Ability Does Not Occur by Chance: Examining the Dynamic System Model of Creative Problem Solving Ability
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Lin, Chia-Yi – Gifted Education International, 2023
This study examined Cho's dynamic system model of creative problem-solving ability in a sample of 112 gifted and non-gifted students. The cluster analysis and t-test results indicated that students should be categorized into high and low performance groups. Students who scored three points or more across all attributes also had a higher likelihood…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Academic Ability, Academically Gifted
Resisting Technological Solutionism in Open Universities in the Time of Global Digital Convergence
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David C. L. Lim; Hamidah Mat; Fatimah Yusooff – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2024
Purpose: This purpose of this paper is to explore the future of open universities (OUs), particularly in developing Asia, focusing on the potential risks associated with technological solutionism, or the popular belief that educational problems can be readily solved through technological means. This exploration is pertinent as the initial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Open Universities