104 students in Grade 5, participating in a program designed to improve problem-solving skills, were evaluated to determine those characteristics which best predicted improvement. Neither locus of control nor cognitive tempo were significant predictors. Pretest verbal fluency was the dominant and highly significant predictor of all posttest scores of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking.
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