The creative Cgaracteristics Moels (A,B, & C) are proposed as guidelines in a curriculum for a systematic development of children youth, and adults who learn to function creativelyand may be better prepared todeal with alternative futures. These models, based upon research and literature about creative persons and their behaviors, characterize creative tendencies from early developmental stages through later life fourd in persons who make significant original breakthroughs Applications of the models may be developed by teachers as a means so integrating creativity into any curricular area.
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