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Volume : III, Issue : XI, December - 2013

Inculcating Creative Problem Sol ving To Students With Special Needs In Nigerian Universities Through Entrepreneurship Education

Onuigbo, Liziana N (Ph.D) , Fr. Makata Ernest M.ED , Nwosu, Eucharia, N. (Ph. D) And Oforka, Theresa, O

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The study investigated the strategies for inculcating creative problem solving to students with special needs in Nigerian universities thr ough entrepreneurship education. A survey research design was adopted for the study . Three research questions were formulated to guide the study . 58 lectur ers who teach special education served as the population and sample. A 24 item questionnaire titled Creative Problem Solving thr ough Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (CPSEEQ) was developed by the researchers and used to elicit information fr om the respondents. Cr

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Onuigbo, Liziana N (Ph.D) , Fr. Makata Ernest M.ED , Nwosu, Eucharia, N. (Ph. D) And Oforka, Theresa, O, (2013). Inculcating Creative Problem Sol ving To Students With Special Needs In Nigerian Universities Through Entrepreneurship Education. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. XI, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3368.pdf

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