Abstract
LA GRECA, ANNETTE M. Can Children Remember to Be Creative? An Interview Study of Children's Thinking Processes. CHrLD DEVELOPMENT, 1980, 51, 572-575. The present study employed a clinical-interview methodology to examine some of the creative-thinking strategies commonly used by children in elementary school grades. Several standard creativity tasks were administered, and the effects of 2 task manipulations were also assessed. The results suggested that children employ several strategies on creativity tasks, including recalling usual uses for an object, placing an object in a familiar context or situation, recalling daily activities, considering the attributes of the stimulus, scanning the immediate environment, and imagining an object in an unusual manner. Providing children with category and context cues may facilitate performance, and this effect appears to be greater for younger versus older children. In addition, category cues may be more effectively used by high-creative children, regardless of age.
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