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Oops, Twitter Did It Again: Creativity and the “Positive Manifold”
I’ve written before that edu-Twitter can be a great help to teachers. I myself regularly…
Walking Promotes Creativity? A Skeptic Weighs In…
When teachers try to use psychology research in the classroom, we benefit from a balance…
New Research: Unrestricted Movement Promotes (Some Kinds of) Creativity
Teachers like creativity. We want our students to learn what has come before, certainly. And,…
Does Music Promote Students’ Creativity?
Music played during a creative task distracts students…but, music played before the task might increase creativity. Continue reading
Can Creativity Be Taught? What’s the Formula?
My edutwitter feed has a lively debate about this question: can we teach people to…
Beware: Too Much Structure Hinders Creativity (for Experts)
Research shows that too much structure hinders creativity, whereas less-structured information allows more imaginative flexibility. Nonetheless, beginners do need structure to learn new skills. Continue reading
The Science of Creativity
In this 20 minute video, James Kaufman explains how researchers define creativity, and how they…
The Potential Perils of Google
You have heard before, and will doubtless hear again, that students don’t need to memorize…
Dreaming of a Snowy Holiday Season?
This trippy video from TedEd gives some insight into the neural process of imagination.