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Creative and Critical Thinking Styles

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Yan Piaw Chua
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Creative and Critical Thinking Styles

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Creative and Critical Thinking Styles aims to help the readers know their own creative thinking and
critical thinking styles, by answering the self-scoring Yanpiaw Creative Thinking and Critical Thinking
Styles Test; to help the readers understand the theories, models and research evidence of creative
thinking and critical studies; and to provide suggestions on how to improve learning and thinking
abilities by first removing the blockages of creative thinking and critical thinking before practicing
some relevant strategies which are recommended here.
Contents:
PART 1
SELF-SCORING CREATIVE THINKING-CRITICAL THINKING STYLES TEST
Introduction
Yanpiaw CREATIVE-CRITICAL STYLES
Scoring
YCREATIVE-CRITICALS Scoring Description Table
PART 2
CHAPTER 1: CREATIVE THINKING
Theories of Creative Thinking: Three Perspectives
Three Major Views of Creative Thinking
Creative Person
Creative Product
Creative Process

Implications of Creative Thinking Theories

Enhance Creative Thinking in Students
Removing Blockages to Creative Thinking
Fears of failure, Disagreement or Disgrace
Lack of Confidence: The Inner or Outer Negativity Influences
Thinking Fixities
a) Conceptual Fixity
b) Functional Fixity
Lack of Breathing Space for Incubation
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations
a) Lack of Intrinsic Motivation
b) Too Much Extrinsic Motivation and Evaluation
Low Tolerance for Ambiguity
CHAPTER 2: CREATIVE THINKING MEASURES
Creative Process Instruments
Creative People Instruments
Creative Product Instruments
CHAPTER 3: CRITICAL THINKING
Critical Thinking Theories
Philosophical Perspective
Psychological perspective
Educational Perspective
Critical Thinking Skills
Implications of Critical Thinking Theories
Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking
1) Improve Critical Thinking - Building A House of Argument
2) Improve Critical Thinking through Questioning
3) Other Strategies to Promote Critical Thinking
Blockages to Critical Thinking
Unable to Maintain Critical Thinking Attitudes
Strong Personal Experience
Stereotypes
Oversimplifying
Strong Psychological Needs
CHAPTER 4: CRITICAL THINKING MEASURES
Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal
Cornell Critical Thinking Test
New Jersey Test of Reasoning Skills
CAAP Critical Thinking Test
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