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Prendergast, Barbara T. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative action research study was to examine a published language arts curriculum, determine how Anna Craft's possibility thinking framework could be integrated into the curriculum, and then observe how students responded to the implementation of lessons integrating the elements of possibility thinking. The findings…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Arts, Teaching Methods, Creativity
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
Patrick Sullivan – College Composition and Communication, 2015
There has been a remarkable surge of interest in creativity in a wide variety of disciplines in recent years. Taken in aggregate, this body of work now theorizes creativity as a--foundational aspect of human cognition and intelligence. If we theorize creativity as a highly sophisticated and valuable form of cognition, it must also then be regarded…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Weinstein, Emily C.; Clark, Zachary; DiBartolomeo, Donna J.; Davis, Katie – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
Earlier studies using psychometric tests have documented declines in creativity over the past several decades. Our study investigated whether and how this apparent trend would replicate through a qualitative investigation using an authentic nontest measure of creativity. Three-hundred and fifty-four visual artworks and 50 creative writing works…
Descriptors: Creativity, Adolescents, Creative Thinking, Scores

Lubar, David – ALAN Review, 1999
Discusses motivation for writing young adult horror books. Gives examples of where and how the author gets ideas. Illustrates several suggestions for classroom application. Suggests paying special attention to puns and other wordplays that flit through the mind. Suggests writing a random list of words and phrases given by brainstorming students…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Karlson, Robert E. – 1978
A theory of teaching creative writing that involves preconscious learning is presented in this paper. Following a review of the literature on methods of developing writing ability, the paper describes a three-step creative process of preparation (the gathering and study of appropriate materials), incubation (the preconscious absorption and shaping…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Creative Development, Creative Thinking

Pavlik, Lisa – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
Two studies involving 60 graduate and undergraduate students explored the role of structured imagination in story creation. Results indicate representational knowledge was an important influence on story meaning and originality and that meaningful and original stories were more likely to contain abstract concepts than were nonmeaningful and…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Smutny, Joan Franklin – 2001
This digest paper presents strategies and activities that can be used to encourage gifted students to develop their individual talents in the language arts. Suggestions for exploring poetic language especially free verse, include ideas for creating group poems and catalysts for creating individual poems. Suggestions for exploring the elements of…
Descriptors: Biographies, Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Development
Whitten, James – Teachers and Writers Magazine, 1982
Outlines a method to help students through the beginning phases of writing that will also show them the vital relationship between observation and creation. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking

Dollinger, Stephen J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2003
This study examined two neglected dispositional contributions to creativity, needs for uniqueness and cognition, in 150 undergraduates. Results indicated individuals high in the needs of uniqueness and cognition evidenced more creative past accomplishments and produced richer visual and verbal products, more individualistic photo essays, and more…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Cognitive Ability, College Students, Creative Development
SHERIDAN, MARION C. – 1960
THE ENGLISH TEACHER CAN ROUSE STUDENTS OUT OF UNTHINKING ACCEPTANCE AND PASSIVITY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH CREATIVE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES DESIGNED TO SHAPE THEM INTO CURIOUS AND RESPONSIVE INDIVIDUALS. TO FIND A PERSPECTIVE ON TEACHING CREATIVELY THE MANY FACETS OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND COMPOSITION, TEACHERS SHOULD LOOK TO STATEMENTS MADE BY…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Reading, Creative Teaching
GOWAN, JOHN CURTIS, COMP.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIRTY-SIX ARTICLES BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS PRESENT WAYS IN WHICH THE RESULTS OF CREATIVITY RESEARCH MAY BE UTILIZED IN THE SCHOOL, THE CLASSROOM, AND THE COUNSELING OFFICE. AFTER AN INTRODUCTION, FIVE ARTICLES TREAT GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS--THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF CREATIVITY, AND THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF CREATIVE AND GIFTED CHILDREN.…
Descriptors: Classification, Counselor Role, Creative Art, Creative Development