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Centering Activities for Gifted/Talented Children
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Sisk, Dorothy – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1978
Reviewed are centering techniques to help gifted and talented students stimulate and further develop the ability to incubate, or to pay attention to the imagery continuously going on in the brain's right hemisphere. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Imagery
The Professional Productive Process and Its Implications for Gifted Studies.
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Haensly, Patricia A.; Roberts, Nancy M. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1983
Questionnaire responses of eminent people in Communications, Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Science, Education, and Business Education and Management are considered in terms of their projects' inspiration, preparation, products, task commitment, obstacles, and audience. Following a discussion of the experiences of professionals, implications for gifted…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Educational Needs, Gifted, Productivity
Lessons about Giftedness and Creativity from a Nation of 115 Million Overachievers.
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Torrance, E. Paul – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1980
Some Japanese cultural characteristics that foster creativity, giftedness, and achievement are examined: and based on these, eight specific suggestions are offered that might be useful in solving some of America's national problems of underachievement, particularly among gifted and talented children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Achievement, Creative Development, Creativity, Foreign Countries
The Use of Developmental Stage Theory in Helping Gifted Children Become Creative.
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Gowan, John Curtis – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1980
General developmental stage theory itself is briefly summarized, and the literature is reviewed. Suitable modifications of developmental stage theory for gifted children are briefly considered. Three paramount developmental issues for educators of the gifted are examined. (DLS)
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Development, Creativity, Developmental Stages
The Nature of Imagery in the Visual and Performing Arts.
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Khatena, Joe – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1979
The author suggests some approaches for facilitating the imagination and imagery activity essential to creative production in the visual and performing arts. Literature is reviewed on creative imagination imagery, the function of imagery, perception imagery and art, abilities and the visual performing arts, and facilitating the use of imagery.…
Descriptors: Art, Creative Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Bringing out Head Start Talents: Findings from the Field.
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Karnes, Merle B.; Johnson, Lawrence J. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1987
Head Start children (n=446), divided into intervention and comparison groups, received programing to enhance thinking skills. Intervention group children identified as gifted also received programing in their talent area. Intervention group children, whether or not identified as gifted, made significant gains over the comparison group in cognitive…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Dare We Hope Again?
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Torrance, E. Paul – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1978
Reviewed are the highlights of the past 20 years in the author's search for understanding what might be done about the creativity of gifted minority/disadvantaged children. (BD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Creative Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Services
The Parsonage Children: An Analysis of the Creative Early Years of the Brontes at Haworth.
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McGreevy, Ann Loftus – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1995
The creative development of Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Patrick Branwell, Emily Jane, and Anne Bronte in England during the early 1800s is analyzed, with attention to the role of the parents, collaborative siblings, and the natural environment in supporting their talent. The education of the Brontes and the "little books" they wrote as…
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creative Writing, Creativity, Educational Experience