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Beghetto, Ronald A.; Kaufman, James C.; Baer, John – Teachers College Press, 2015
Creativity and the Common Core State Standards are both important to today's teachers. Yet, for many educators, nurturing students' creativity seems to conflict with ensuring that they learn specific skills and content. In this book, the authors outline ways to adapt existing lessons and mandated curricula to encourage the development of student…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teaching Skills, Creativity, Creative Development
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Intili, Amanda; Pembleton, Matthew; LaJevic, Lisa – Art Education, 2015
Art educators are concerned with exposing their students to contemporary art making practices. They aim to create fresh lessons that expand their understandings of art in today's world while highlighting the importance of imagination. With a personal interest in performance and street art (art forms that have gained popularity in recent years),…
Descriptors: Art Education, Imagination, Lesson Plans, Creative Teaching
Polette, Nancy – Creative Child and Adult Quarterly, 1981
The article describes ways to use picture books with young children to develop the creative thinking skills, including fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, and evaluation. About 50 recommended picture books are listed. (DB)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Picture Books, Teaching Methods
Marra, James L. – 1989
One of the major problems in advertising courses is that students are expected to generate original, exciting advertising ideas, but often are not taught how to go about the process. Idea generation techniques can help students generate quantities of creative ideas more quickly and fluently. By looking at ads and recreating the workings of the…
Descriptors: Advertising, Class Activities, Creative Development, Creativity
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Reis, Sally M.; Hebert, Thomas – Roeper Review, 1985
The authors assert that history can be approached from a creative perspective; the student need not merely report what has already been written. Instead, students may make an original contribution by becoming a practicing historian. Strategies and examples of ideas to motivate students toward this level of productivity are described. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, History
Firestien, Roger L.; Treffinger, Donald J. – G/C/T, 1983
Creative problem solving (CPS) can be an effective tool in teaching gifted, creative, and talented students. One approach to CPS consists of five steps: fact finding, problem finding, idea finding, solution finding, and acceptance finding. Process techniques for each step are delineated. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Navarre, Jane – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1979
The author describes her work as a Poet-in-the-Schools for the Ohio Arts Council particularly in relation to inspiration in the creative process. Stressed is the need for educators to recognize that creative production most often takes place after reflection on inspiration and to provide situations conducive to preparation and incubation. (SBH)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rebbeck, Barbara J. – Roeper Review, 1983
Teachers of foreign language can use B. Bloom's taxonomy to present challenges to gifted students while still ensuring understanding of the basics. Basic skills would be followed by exploration in application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Examples of activities in each of the four areas are presented. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Wooster, Judith S. – G/C/T, 1978
Reading activities for gifted students are discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Development, Gifted, Reading Instruction
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Eulie, Joseph – Social Studies, 1984
Techniques that a social studies teacher can use to help students develop imagination, understanding, and divergent thinking are discussed. Also examined are meanings attached to the creative process and traits of creative people. (RM)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Critical Thinking
Laird, Stan – Instructor, 1984
Ideas for teaching children about creativity and its importance are offered in this article. Ingredients for developing creativity skills are presented and suggested projects are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
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Lowenfels, Manna – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1979
The article describes two one-hour sessions in image making, which serves as the foundation of the creative language arts program used by the author in teaching poetry and writing to children (grades K through 5). (SBH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Trostle, Susan L.; Yawkey, Thomas D. – 1982
The intent of this article is to describe the basic processes used by the child in order to create and imagine; to explain the significance of objects for encouraging creativity, imagination, and intellectual growth; and to show how creative thinking is nurtured using the world of objects. Five reasons are advanced to support the claim that the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
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Lauritzen, Carol – Reading Teacher, 1980
Discusses four linguistic patterns of oral literature that are of special interest to reading teachers, suggests ways that oral literature can be used for skill instruction in beginning and remedial reading, and shows how oral literature can stimulate creativity. (ET)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Creative Development, Folk Culture
Pilon, A. Barbara – 1990
The monograph presents a variety of language arts teaching ideas for use with gifted students. Teachers are encouraged to expose children to much literature including poetry, folk tales, riddles, fairy tales, "pourquoi" tales, myths and legends, fantasy, science fiction, and biographies and autobiographies. The document offers the SIMMER theory of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education
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