The creative thinking abilities of 81 functionally blind 6-through 12-yr.-old boys and girls attending public day schools or residential schools for the blind were studied. Both types of schools seem to be equally good with regard to the development of the creativity of blind children for the boys and girls in this study who attended day schools or residential schools did not differ significantly in verbal fluency, flexibility, or originality. The younger and older children in both types of schools were comparably fluent and original; the older children were more flexible than the younger.
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