Approaches to working with learning disabled students who are also gifted, talented, or creative are illustrated in the example of a secondary student with special abilities in photography. Several of his photographs and accompanying narratives are included. (CL)

This book explores creativity in the context of education, focusing on what creativity is, how it works, and how it can be fostered. The book sets forth general principles for encouraging creativity in schools, higher education, and the family. The chapters are: (1) "Creativity: Basic Concepts"; (2) "The Role of Thinking in Creativity"; (3)…

Described the process of macrame, teaching approaches for macrame, and the materials needed to begin the process. (RK)

This project helps students to be creative in a new and exciting way and provides the teacher with an economical and speedy way to teach an introduction to low relief sculpture. (Author)

Article described how to teach a sound introductory unit of sculpture without great cost. (Author/RK)

Illustrates the use that can be made of aestheometry'' (the aesthetics of geometry) in stimulating student inquiry and in promoting interdisciplinary study by providing instructions for the construction of an illusion of a floating sphere in a pattern of threads. (AL)

A successful method of teaching poetry to high school students, using audiovisual materials, is described. (SP)

Article shows how educational games can be challenging as well as stimulating. Such games make learning more interesting for the student. (Editor/MR)

A list of 50 teachers and their techniques selected by "Grade Teacher magazine as being the best in the field. (AP)

Seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grade special needs students in a remedial reading class were asked to write as many words as possible in six minutes. Students compete with themselves with no penalties for spelling or grammar errors. The activity is designed to make writing a natural and pleasurable activity. (CL)

Presents a strategy that enables students to: effectively reflect on the information they are learning; to identify scientific interconnections between individual facts and concepts; and to develop a system of conclusions. Explains that a concept network is a set of ideas and facts relating to a particular topic, with the linkages between facts…

Outlines educational arguments about attitudes, methods, and accountability. Surveys some teachers to find out how they craft a blending of pedagogical perspectives. Concludes that educators can maintain creativity in the face of demands for standardization of curriculum. (PM)