Hooking the big idea: Working titles in creative problem solving by young Latino adolescents

Problem representation/problem finding skills are frequently the catalyst facilitating adroit knowledge base access and subsequent positive creative outcomes in adult populations. To determine whether judged creativity is similarly enhanced through young adolescents' use of a working title representation strategy within a curriculum knowledge base, 40 Latino partyicipants at two Southern California middle schools received brief written interactive directions for one of two different types of problem representation or a third, non-representational control group.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Hector, Juliann

• Creative ability in adolescence -- Hispanic Americans
• Heuristic -- Hispanic Americans
• Problem solving -- Psychological aspects
• Creative thinking
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1522

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-2522