Specific training may be required to develop creativity in design students. At the very least, training is valuable in developing creativity in first-year students. Creativity is a skill that can be examined, used and taught – and it is one that is central to designing. This paper presents the results of empirical research from a class in creative problem solving for design students. The nature...

An adult observed a preschool child working assiduously on a drawing and asked, “What are you drawing?” Without looking up, the child responded, “I’m drawing the face of God.” The adult smiled and said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” The child answered, “They will in a couple minutes.” No one is really sure what creativity looks like either, but half a century ago Joy Guilford describe...

Creativity is thought to require the flexible reconfiguration of multiple brain regions that interact in transient and complex communication patterns. In contrast to prior emphases on searching for specific regions or networks associated with creative performance, we focused on exploring the association between the reconfiguration of dynamic functional connectivity states and creative ability. ...

Creativity is important for social survival and individual wellbeing; science, art, philosophy and technology have been enriched and expanded by this trait. To our knowledge this is the first study probing differences in brain cerebral blood flow (CBF) between highly creative individuals (scientists and/or artists socially recognized for their contributions to their fields with creativity index...

The study aimed to reveal the effect of using computer games and educational programs on achievement growth creative thinking among first-grade students in Arabic language course. empirical approach was used; sample consisted 59 who were randomly assigned three groups. To measure achievement, an test prepared course by researcher, Torrance Test Creative Thinking applied determine impact element...

The main objective of this study was to find out how more creative language learners use cognitive strategies more when they read English as a foreign language. The participants of this study were comprised of 60 upper-intermediate language learners selected from one language institute. The selected sample received a creativity questionnaire and was divided into two groups based on their level ...

This study involves a correlation between two measures of creativity: the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) and the divergent production subtests of the Structure of Intellect Learning Abilities Test (SOI-LA). A population of 263 junior high school and senior high students from Louisiana were tested with both the TTCT and the SOI-LA. Results from the study indicate that the SOI-LA is a...