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Marasco, Emily; Behjat, Laleh; Kelly, Robert; Maguire, Shannon – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019
The significant global challenges faced in the world today require innovative solutions and creative thinking. In traditional postsecondary education, technical programs such as engineering often focus on technical competencies as opposed to creative thinking. However, as industry demands for creative technical employees continue to increase,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Art Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Postsecondary Education
Jaben, Twila H. – 1980
The study investigated the impact of participation in a creativity instructional program on measures of creative thinking and problem solving with 49 learning disabled intermediate level students and a control group of 24 nondisabled students. The Purdue Creative Training Program was used as the independent variable. Analysis of verbal fluency,…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Clasen, Donna Rae; Subkoviak, Michael J. – 1982
One hundred fifty-six gifted elementary students (grades 3 through 6) responded to the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory on a pre- and posttest basis during a 3 week, 45 hour College for Kids program, designed as an enrichment program with focus on critical thinking, problem solving, inquiry, research, and questioning. Thirty students responded to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Mitchell, Bruce M.; Wilkens, Robert F. – 1979
A course designed to acquaint teachers and teacher trainees with the nature of the creative process and its development in school environments is described. Students in the instruction sections first examined existing instructional procedures and environmental conditions that constitute a barrier to the development of creativity. Students…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Creative Development, Creativity, Problem Solving

Rosenfield, Sylvia; Houtz, John C. – 1977
Development of problem-solving and creative thinking ability was examined through administration of experimental tasks to 240 gifted children (grade 2 to grade 6). Different patterns of development were noted: problem-solving skills grew steadily from grade 2 through grade 6; while creative thinking increased from grade 2 through grade 4, with no…
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Education
Tallent, Mary K. – 1985
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Future Problem Solving Program on gifted students' ability to solve futuristic problems. Two specific research questions were asked. The first question dealt with the effects of the Future Problem Solving Program on subjects' total score on an ill-structured problem. Question two asked…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Futures (of Society), Gifted
Kay, Sandra – 1992
This paper on the nature of expertise discusses implications of findings of an earlier study into the problem-solving, problem-finding and thought processes of 3 groups: 20 professional artists (experts), 20 semiprofessional artists (non-experts), and 20 non-artists (novices), each group consisting of 10 male and 10 female adults. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Adults, Aesthetic Values, Artists, Cognitive Processes
Grigsby, Donald; Wilson, Charles – 1984
The paper discusses curriculum materials and learning strategies suitable to the right hemisphere of the brain. Two limiting factors are noted--the difficulty in identifying non-pathological Ss who show right brain tendency, and asymmetry of the brain which makes empirical evaluation of the validity of these materials problematic. The paper…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Creative Development, Creativity, Geometric Concepts
Gold, Robert S.; Kelly, Miriam A. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1988
There is a vast difference between factual information and a sense of understanding that comes from the organization of knowledge in a way in which it can be used in decision processes. Recognition of interdependencies and interrelatedness leads to understanding and utilization. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adoption (Ideas), Cognitive Ability, Creative Development
Razik, Taher A. – 1974
Creativity can be considered a function of knowledge, imagination, and evaluation and usually programed instruction is thought to be detrimental to creative behavior since the material is highly structured and the responses are usually restricted. However, this need not be so, for one seed of creativity, student control, is inherent in programed…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Tests
Montgomery, Diane; Overton, Robert; Bull, Kay S.; Kimball, Sarah; Griffin, John – 1999
This paper discusses techniques and resources to use to stimulate creativity through a web site for several "generations" of gifted and talented learners. To organize a web site to stimulate creativity, two categories of development issues must be considered: intrinsic person variables, and process variables such as thinking skills,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Hall, Eleanor G. – 1981
A multimethod model of educating gifted and talented students was based on graduate students' study of 14 eminent self actualized individuals. Common environmental elements of these individuals were found in parent background, birth order, relationship with family, education, task commitment, personality traits, and interests. The model was…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Shaklee, Beverly D.; Amos, Neil G. – 1985
The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of using an adapted version of Creative Problem Solving (CPS) to increase problem solving activities of kindergarten students, and to determine the practical significance of using CPS as a method for increasing problem solving skills of kindergarten students. Data were collected from…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Development, Divergent Thinking
Fearn, Leif – 1977
A distinction can be made between the term "creativity" and creative thinking skills. Creativity typically refers to a talent for original and masterful production in the arts and sciences, and there is scant evidence that teachers have any influence on creativity of this kind. Creative thinking refers to a group of six thinking skills that if…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Wakefield, John F. – 1989
This study explores the usefulness of a creativity construct for arts education. It is hypothesized that an arts orientation is a valid personality construct, that this orientation is correlated with contrasting cognitive skills, and that these skills are manifested in creative behaviors. Sixty-five high school seniors were given the ACT Interest…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement
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