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The MacArthur Fellows Look Back.
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
Ten Lesson Plans for Talented Art Students.
Daigneault, Gaile – G/C/T, 1985
Ten lesson plans are described to encourage creative work and thought in talented art students. Lessons include emphases on brainstorming, fluency, value clarification, logic elaboration, and role playing. (CL)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Development, Lesson Plans, Talent
What Might We Learn from the Japanese about Giftedness and Creativity?
Torrance, E. Paul – G/C/T, 1980
Eleven specific suggestions for American advocates of the gifted and talented to follow, based on the Japanese way of handling such matters, are offered, including the provision of creative materials for young children and their parents and training in group and team creativity. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Foreign Countries, Gifted
Right Brain Drawing.
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
Creative Problem Solving: Guidelines and Resources for Effective Facilitation.
Firestien, Roger L.; Treffinger, Donald J. – G/C/T, 1983
Creative problem solving (CPS) can be an effective tool in teaching gifted, creative, and talented students. One approach to CPS consists of five steps: fact finding, problem finding, idea finding, solution finding, and acceptance finding. Process techniques for each step are delineated. (CL)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
The Governor's School of North Carolina (West).
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
Teaching Our Gifted and Talented to Invent.
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
Fostering Creativity.
Schlichter, Carol L. – G/C/T, 1978
The article discusses fostering creativity in young children through encouragement and training, both at home and at school, and presents parents and teachers with 10 examples of activities designed to stimulate creative thinking in gifted and talented children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Rainy Day-Sunny Day Activities for G/C/T Kids.
Burge, Susan – G/C/T, 1978
The article presents six classroom activities designed to foster the cognitive and affective growth of gifted, creative, and talented primary grade students. (DLS)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Group Discussion