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Intelligence and Creativity

Their Relationship, with Special Attention to Reasoning Ability and Divergent Thinking. Implications for Giftedness Research and Education.

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Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness ((ACAG,volume 5))

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Which teachers would not love to have smart children bubbling with ideas in their classes? And, more generally: who would not like to be intelligent and creative? Both characteristics are considered highly desirable attributes and thus worthwhile goals in our culture.

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Baudson, T.G., Preckel, F. (2013). Intelligence and Creativity. In: Kim, K.H., Kaufman, J.C., Baer, J., Sriraman, B. (eds) Creatively Gifted Students are not like Other Gifted Students. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 5. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-149-8_13

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