• Article  

      Action Research to Develop and Validate a Scheme of Work to Promote Creativity and Designerly Thinking Through Play 

      Danos, Xenia; Constantinou, Constantinos P.; Livitzis, Michalis; Avraam, Cristakis (Design & Technology Association, 2014)
      The paper reports on a study of the development and validation of a Design and Technology Scheme of Work (SoW) that is facilitated by Engino assembly toys. Three initial case studies are described; one to assess the ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Computer support of innovation´s Creativity 

      Busov, B.; Gasanov, A.I.; Kokin, S.M.; Bartlova, M. (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      Using of algorithmic methods of the intensification of constructive process logically results in an idea for the creation of computer programs capable of raising efficiency of invention and design activity. In a basis of ...
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      A context aware recommender system for creativity support tools 

      Sielis, George A.; Mettouris, Christos; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Tzanavari, Aimilia; Dols, R. M. G.; Siebers, Q. (2011)
      The development of methods that can enhance the creativity process is becoming a continuous necessity. Through the years several researchers modelled and defined creativity focusing to the psychological aspect of the topic. ...
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      Design of a multi-interface creativity support tool for the enhancement of the creativity process 

      Sielis, George A.; Papadopoulos, George Angelos; Granić, A. (2011)
      This work examines the influence of the different working environments during the execution of a creativity process. The selection factor used for the decision is each user's learning style. For the examination of how this ...
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      Enhancing the creativity process by adding context awareness in creativity support tools 

      Sielis, George A.; Tzanavari, Aimilia; Papadopoulos, George Angelos (2009)
      The existence of creativity support tools establishes creativity as part of the Computer Science research. Therefore, the development of computational methods for the enhancement of creativity is undoubtedly a challenge. ...
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      Humour: A Different Kind of Play 

      Loizou, Eleni (2005)
      This study investigates young children's humorous activity as a form of play and considers the implications on their cognitive development and learning. The study was conducted in an infant room of a university based group ...
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      Integrating mathematical abilities and creativity in the assessment of mathematical giftedness 

      Kontoyianni, Katerina; Kattou, Maria; Pitta-Pantazi, Demetra; Christou, Constantinos (Pabst Science Publishers, 2013)
      This study aims to examine the structure of the relationship between intelligence and mathematical giftedness and build a comprehensive model to describe this relationship and the nature of mathematical giftedness. This ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Project work in informatics lessons 

      Gurbiel, Ewa; Hardt-Olejniczak, Grazyna; Kolczyk, Ewa; Krupicka, Helena; Syslo, Maciej M. (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      The best known method of integrating knowledge from different subjects is by doing cross-curricula projects. Projects carried out in the classroom involve planning, designing, realisation, presentation and evaluation of ...
    • Conference Object  Open Access

      Using of tips programs packages in engineering education 

      Busov, B.; Gasanov, A.I.; Kokin, S.M.; Bartlova, M. (Pedagogical Faculty of University of Ostrava, 2001)
      One of the tasks of higher school is to teach students for creative work. This task equally concerns both to students of natural sciences specialities, and the pupil – “humanities”. In this report the main features of the ...