How do you teach creativity? I've had to work through this issue for over 25 years. In 1990, I returned to being a professor after taking five years off to be a senior executive in what was an ...

A new paper from my lab in the Journal of Research in Personality examined how people answer creative thinking tasks. We found that common advice to focus brainstorming sessions on the number and not ...

Train elementary school students how to be creative and you can help increase their resilience in the face of real-life problems, new research suggests. Train elementary school students how to be ...

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t ...

This piece is part of the new DrexelNow series showcasing "A Day in the Class" for some of Drexel University's most interesting and impactful courses. The course technically carries the “CHEM T580” ...

Some parents may be tempted to reward their children for being creative, which is traditionally defined as producing something that is both new and useful. However, rewards and praise may actually ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." I was a very dreamy kind of kid, the type who was always drawing. I created a family newspaper at a ...

The Detroit Creativity Project shows how youth can use improv comedy on and off the stage. The Detroit Creativity Project is teaching youth crucial life skills through improv comedy. One Detroit’s ...

Thinking creatively, solving complex problems, and working in teams all add up to Design Thinking (DT). A study conducted by the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) and Ghent University ...

One of the many reasons I was happy not to go to the American Historical Association annual meeting is that I am starting a new job at a very different institution than the one at which I have worked ...