RETRACTED: Development of creative thinking skills through aesthetic creativity in middle school educational music course

Abstract

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal ( https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal ). This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. After a thorough investigation, the Editors have concluded that the acceptance of this article was based upon the positive advice of one unreliable reviewer report. The report was submitted from an email account which was provided to the journal as a suggested reviewer during the submission of the article. The reviewer account did not respond to the journal request to confirm the reviewer identity, and the Editors decided to retract the article. This manipulation of the peer-review process represents a clear violation of the fundamentals of peer review, our publishing policies, and publishing ethics standards. Apologies are offered to the readers of the journal that this deception was not detected during the submission process.