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Creative Thinking and Teaching for Creativity in Elementary School Science (2010)
Journal Article
Newton, L., & Newton, D. (2010). Creative Thinking and Teaching for Creativity in Elementary School Science. Gifted and Talented International, 25(2), 111-124

While it is important to nurture creativity in young children, it is popularly associated more with the arts than the sciences. This paper reports on a series of studies designed to explore teachers’ conceptions of creative thinking in primary school... Read More about Creative Thinking and Teaching for Creativity in Elementary School Science.

Assessing the creativity of scientific explanations in elementary science: an insider-outsider view of intuitive assessment in the hypothesis space (2010)
Journal Article
Newton, D. (2010). Assessing the creativity of scientific explanations in elementary science: an insider-outsider view of intuitive assessment in the hypothesis space. Research in Science and Technological Education, 28(3), 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2010.501752

Assessing creativity is commonly believed to be difficult but there is evidence that an intuitive, holistic assessment is easy and reliable. Given that children can engage in creative activity and teachers are expected to foster it, some assessment o... Read More about Assessing the creativity of scientific explanations in elementary science: an insider-outsider view of intuitive assessment in the hypothesis space.

Quality and Peer Review of Research: An Adjudicating Role for Editors (2010)
Journal Article
Newton, D. (2010). Quality and Peer Review of Research: An Adjudicating Role for Editors. Accountability in Research: Policies and Quality Assurance, 17(3), 130-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621003791945

Peer review gives research a stamp of approval, but the reviews themselves can be flawed. This is potentially serious for the writer, the journal, and journal user. This study describes shortcomings of the peer review process and condenses them into... Read More about Quality and Peer Review of Research: An Adjudicating Role for Editors.

Pre-service primary teachers’ conceptions of creativity in mathematics (2010)
Journal Article
Bolden, D., Harries, A., & Newton, D. (2010). Pre-service primary teachers’ conceptions of creativity in mathematics. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 73(2), 143-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-009-9207-z

Teachers in the UK and elsewhere are now expected to foster creativity in young children (NACCCE, 1999; Ofsted, 2003; DfES, 2003; DfES/DCMS, 2006). Creativity, however, is more often associated with the arts than with mathematics. The aim of the stud... Read More about Pre-service primary teachers’ conceptions of creativity in mathematics.

What teachers see as creative incidents in elementary science lessons (2010)
Journal Article
Newton, D., & Newton, L. (2010). What teachers see as creative incidents in elementary science lessons. International Journal of Science Education, 32(15), 1989-2005. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690903233249

Teachers are often urged to nurture creativity but their conceptions of creativity in specific school subjects may have limitations which weaken their attempts to do so. Primary school teachers in England were asked to rate lesson activities accordin... Read More about What teachers see as creative incidents in elementary science lessons.