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The Effect of Exercise and Music on the Creativity of College Students.
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Curnow, Katherine E.; Turner, Edward T. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
This study, with 46 college students, found that participation in exercise, music, and exercise with music increased fluency aspects of creativity but not originality or elaboration. (DB)
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creativity, Exercise
College Level Creativity Course Content.
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Montgomery, Diane; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
The contents of 67 college-level creativity course syllabi were analyzed. A theoretical framework emerged with five dimensions, including social climate, personality characteristics, models or theories, process involved, and product variables related to end results. (DB)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Creative Development, Creativity
Enhancing Creative Performance in College Students.
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Greer, Martin; Levine, Elaine – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This study compared the relative effectiveness of fantasy induction, intrinsic motivation induction, and combined fantasy/intrinsic motivation induction upon creative writing performance of 100 freshmen college students. All three methods enhanced the creativity of the students' poetry writing, with the conjunctive approach exhibiting no more…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity
Combining the Technical and the Artistic: A Software Model for Teaching about Energy Conservation in the Architectural Design Process.
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Brown, G. Z.; Novitski, Barbara-Jo – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1987
Discusses educational software under development at the University of Oregon which enables architecture students to consider energy conservation ideas early in the design process. The role of the computer in design-oriented software is described, with emphasis on creative experimentation that allows synthesis and analysis. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Building Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
The Relationship of Mobility-Fixity to Creativity, Formal Reasoning and Intelligence.
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Niaz, Mansoor; De Nunez, Grecia Saud – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1991
This study investigated 137 Venezuelan college freshmen's performance on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking as a function of field dependence or independence as well as "field mobility." Findings indicated that the most mobile students performed best on creativity tests whereas "fixed" students performed better on tests of…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Style, College Students, Creative Development
Faculty Perceptions of College Creativity Courses.
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Baloche, Lynda; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1992
Teachers (n=101) of undergraduate and graduate level courses in creativity were surveyed concerning their beliefs about creativity, their goals for a creativity course, and the course activities. The study found consistency in the description of the goals, experiences, assignments, and evaluation procedures valued by respondents. Tables detail…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Course Content, Course Objectives
Essentials of Educational Psychology.
Duric, Ladislav – 1989
Children mature into adults through their own activities and the influence of their social environment. One such social influence, education, is purposeful, planned, and institutionalized. Educational psychology investigates the psychological foundations of this process, particularly in the development of humankind. The publication focuses on such…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology