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Direct linkWilson, David; Cope, Bill; Peters, Michael A. – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
This reproduces, for fun, a conversation between three professors at the University of Illinois, that originated at a dinner party over a couple of bottles of good red wine.
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Ethics, Logical Thinking, Convergent Thinking
Dierkes, Sunda V. – Performance Improvement, 2012
The current debate over whether to choose just one universal human performance technology (HPT) model, in particular Langdon's language of work (LOW) model, promises a shared understanding among HPT professionals, credibility for the HPT profession, and a return on investment of time and effort in developing performance models over more than 70…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Models, Convergent Thinking, Problem Solving
Williams, Sheri S.; Jaramillo, Amy; Pesko, John Carl – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
This study explored what instructors can do to improve student depth of thinking in online discussion boards (DBs). Participants were graduate students enrolled in online courses within a college of education in the southwest United States. Measurement consisted of discourse analysis of posts in DBs and student self-assessment of dispositions,…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Graduate Students
Wetzler, Jeffrey Richard – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For decades, debates have raged about performance management in education. While it is essential to understand the degree of student learning and the nature of teacher impact in education systems, when attempts at managing outcomes go wrong, the consequences can be problematic. National Education Organization (a pseudonym for the organization…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Educational Innovation, Action Research, Design
Lee, Sohui; Carpenter, Russell – Across the Disciplines, 2015
In this article, the authors explore the corpus of literature on creative thinking and applied creativity in higher education to help composition teacher-scholars and writing center practitioners improve the application of creativity in written, visual, and multimodal composing practices. From studies of creative thinking investigated across…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing (Composition), Creativity
Tucha, Lara; Tucha, Oliver; Sontag, Thomas A.; Stasik, Dorota; Laufkotter, Rainer; Lange, Klaus W. – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2011
Objective: Two studies were performed to assess both divergent and convergent thinking in adults with ADHD. Method: The first study compared the problem-solving abilities of healthy participants (N = 144) and unmedicated adults with ADHD (N = 144). In the second study, problem-solving abilities of adults with diagnosed ADHD (N = 22) were examined…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking, Convergent Thinking
Williamson, Peter K. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2011
Research, carried out mainly in the period between the 1960s and 1980s, reported significant differences in the thinking styles of science and arts students. At this time university and school teaching was highly specialised and concern was expressed in the ongoing "two cultures" debate (Snow, 1959).Considerable changes have taken place in the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Problem Solving, Creative Thinking
Download full textChant, Richard H.; Moes, Rachelle; Ross, Melissa – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2009
This case study demonstrates how the Osborne-Parnes Creative Problem-solving Model (CPS) can be used to enhance teacher creativity through the collaborative and inviting processes found within Invitational Education, which counter the individualistic and product-oriented enterprises often associated with creative endeavors. Conclusions indicate…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Creative Thinking, Convergent Thinking, Problem Solving
Mason, Winter A.; Jones, Andy; Goldstone, Robert L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2008
A novel paradigm was developed to study the behavior of groups of networked people searching a problem space. The authors examined how different network structures affect the propagation of information in laboratory-created groups. Participants made numerical guesses and received scores that were also made available to their neighbors in the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Social Networks, Innovation, Multivariate Analysis
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
Lance W. Gibbon – ProQuest LLC, 2007
In this quasi-experimental study, 142 fifth and sixth grade students at a suburban elementary school in Northwest Washington State participated in a week-long, 10-hour project using the "LEGO Mindstorms Robotics Invention System" (RIS). Partners constructed and programmed one robot from visually-based LEGO instructions and a second of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Toys, Convergent Thinking
Peer reviewedBakal, Richard – Journal of Experiential Education, 1988
Outlines major steps in problem-solving process: (1) defining the real objective; (2) defining characteristics of the optimum solution; (3) searching for alternate solutions; (4) comparing the best alternative solutions; and (5) choosing the best solution. Discusses variations in procedure when problem owner and solver are the same or different…
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Decision Making, Methods, Problem Solving
De Bono, Edward – Todays Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Logical Thinking
Beck, Sarah R.; Robinson, Elizabeth J.; Carroll, Daniel J.; Apperly, Ian A. – Child Development, 2006
Two experiments explored whether children's correct answers to counter factual and future hypothetical questions were based on an understanding of possibilities. Children played a game in which a toy mouse could run down either 1 of 2 slides. Children found it difficult to mark physically both possible outcomes, compared to reporting a single…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Child Development, Young Children, Probability
Peer reviewedSwinth, Robert L. – Management Science, 1971
Descriptors: Administration, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Organizations (Groups)
