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Cox, June; Daniel, Neil – G/C/T, 1984
The article describes replies to a questionnaire by recipients of the MacArthur Fellows Program, an award given to individuals with uncommon abilities across a wide spectrum of creative pursuits. Replies touch on school and family backgrounds, acceleration, importance of grades, recognition of achievement, extracurricular activities, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Development, Creativity, Gifted
Mabee, Bev – G/C/T, 1985
The author proposes a model for lessons on substance abuse that gives children alternative ways to satisfy the natural desire for altered states of consciousness. The model incorporates stages of progressive relaxation, visualization/guided fantasy, sensory experiences, information, and experimentation. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Drug Abuse, Teaching Methods
Weatherly, Myra S. – G/C/T, 1985
A cemetery unit offers opportunities for gifted students to use higher-level thinking skills as well as creativity. Activities are suggested for three phases of the unit: introductory, developmental, and culminating. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Elementary Education, Gifted, Learning Activities
Whalen, Adryce C. – G/C/T, 1985
The author describes activities of a weekly enrichment class providing right-brain tasks to gifted elementary students. Activities, which centered on artistic creativity, were taken from "Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain" by B. Edwards. (CL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cerebral Dominance, Creative Development, Elementary Education
Bray, Jim – G/C/T, 1979
The Governor's School of North Carolina (West) offers a six-week summer program designed to develop creativity in gifted high school students. (SBH)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Development, Gifted, Program Descriptions
Kashuda, Vincent F. – G/C/T, 1981
Briefly described is "The Art of Successful Inventing," a program which teaches gifted children to invent a step by step methodological fashion. (DB)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Walker, Joseph J.; Lotz, Condit – G/C/T, 1978
"Creating a superhero", a minicourse for gifted elementary children, is described. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education