This paper reports on an integrative literature review of published articles that used either quantitative or qualitative observation methods to research creativity in learning contexts. Observation is an empirical research method used in quantitative and qualitative naturalistic studies focused on understanding behavior and interactions as they…

Article investigated the use of biographical, personality, attitudinal and motivational information for predicting creative potential. (Author/RK)

This study lent validity to the use of PACT as a measure of the elementary student's creativity and suggested that creativity studies at the elementary level can be managed at an objective level. (Author/RK)

The Delphi technique is a method for the systematic solicitation and aggregation of informed judgments from a group of experts on specific questions or issues. This paper is a discussion of the technique: its uses, misuses, and future. (Author)

Comments critically on Richards' conclusion (AA 524 939) that the extent of correlations among tests of divergent-production abilities justifies the belief in a single unitary creative aptitude. (Author/RK)

The major objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of group size on total fluency, flexibility, and originality of response to problem solving tasks and its effect on average per person fluency, flexibility, and originality. (Author/RK)

Are creative people highly self-actualized? Are self-actualized people highly creative? This research project attempts to understand and define these two concepts more clearly, and to answer the above questions. (Author/RK)

Article considered whether pupils' creative thinking and problem solving abilities can be improved through direct educational efforts. (Author/RK)

The absence of a systematically and readily available set of training activities may be the reason why studies on increasing creative thinking ability in educable mentally retarded children have had little or no influence on actual classroom practice. An experimental treatment program, commercially available and easy to administer, was used to…

Considers E. Paul Torrance's research on the fourth grade slump in school motivation and self concept and its implications for education. (Author/RK)