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Demery, Marie – 1984
A model for teaching elementary school art contains a rationale that outlines the interrelationship between self-esteem and constructive creativity as promoted in well-designed art activities. Self-esteem is defined, and characteristics of a child with high self-esteem are outlined. Conditions contributing to the development of high self-esteem…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Classroom Environment, Creativity
Sher, Allen – 1976
Play is the spontaneous or organized recreational activity of children; it is at the heart of the preschool curriculum. Play aids in the development of physical, intellectual, and social skills. Children's play progresses through three developmental stages: solitary, parallel, and social. Preschool teachers should arrange for four kinds of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Concept Formation, Creativity, Developmental Stages
Suydam, Marilyn N. – 1981
Non-commercial investigator-developed tests and other instruments to assess mathematical instruction, reported in journals, dissertations, and ERIC documents from 1974 through mid-1981, are listed. For approximately 90 instruments, information on content, format, sample, reliability, correlations, and validity is included, as well as references.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Tests
Andersson, Alf; Bengtsson, Margot – 1979
A project was undertaken at the University of Lund in Sweden to study the following two problems: identification and style of problem-solving in relation to the choice by women of arts subjects and science subjects respectively at the university; and identification and style of problem-solving in relation to research focus and research ability.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Cognitive Style, College Students, Creativity
Turner, A. Richard – 1980
It is postulated that an understanding of the arts is essential in liberal education. In an essay Richard Turner states that on many campuses there is little effort made to integrate the liberal and creative arts in the curriculum. Some critical factors are suggested for achieving a strong position for the arts in liberal education, and a group of…
Descriptors: Architecture, Art Education, College Curriculum, Creative Expression
FLORELL, ROBERT J. – 1966
RESEARCH WAS FOCUSED ON THREE QUESTIONS--(1) TO WHAT DEGREE PARTICIPANTS UTILIZED CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE, (2) WHAT PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS DIFFERENTIATED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS FROM NONPARTICIPANTS, AND (3) WHAT SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND APPLICATIONAL TRANSFER. DATA WERE PROVIDED ON 665 PARTICIPANTS…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age Differences
METFESSEL, NEWTON S. – 1965
THIS DOCUMENT EXTENSIVELY DESCRIBES THE PRELIMINARY PROGRESS OF A PROJECT TO IDENTIFY THE ATTITUDINAL AND CREATIVITY FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE MOTIVATION OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS (MEXICAN-AMERICANS, PARTICULARLY). THE PROJECT ASSUMES THAT AN AWARENESS OF THE MANIFESTATIONS OF A STUDENT'S CREATIVITY CAN GUIDE TEACHERS IN PREDICTING HIS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Attitude Measures, Behavior, Bibliographies
Smith, Hayden R., Ed. – Networker, 1979
This publication features articles on school climate. Among the various concerns are: 1) the complexities of the educational environment, 2) low cost school climate programs, 3) implementation of changes for effective climates, 4) the roles of principals, teachers, and students in the educational environment, and 5) test anxiety and creativity as…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Creativity, Educational Environment
Lahr, J. Stephen – 1978
The document presents guidelines to help art educators in elementary and secondary schools develop and implement art education programs. The guidelines were developed by Nebraska educators along lines suggested by the National Art Education Association. Major objectives are to help students develop personal expression, qualitative aesthetic…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education
Kohler, Alfred D. – 1976
This manual is intended for use by adopters or adapters of a media-oriented arts and humanities program designed to train teachers in the techniques of humanizing the general curriculum. It contains lesson plans for grade eight that are geared to the curriculum areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The art areas covered…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Audiovisual Instruction, Creativity, Developmental Reading
Bailey, William H. – 1978
The document measures the spatial patterns of mental abilities of 94 seventh-grade students within a small town by correlating and mapping four variables--IQ test scores, achievement test scores, neighborhood quality as seen by town officials, and creativity test scores from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Objectives were to ascertain the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Bias, Correlation
Blake, Robert R; Mouton, Jane S. – 1968
The Managerial Grid arranges a concern for production on the horizontal axis and a concern for people on the vertical axis of a coordinate system: 1,1 shows minimum concern for production and people; 9,1 shows major production emphasis and minimum human considerations; 1,9 shows maximum concern for friendly working conditions and minimum…
Descriptors: Achievement, Administrator Role, Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies
Cohen, Monroe D., Ed. – 1976
In this collection of articles designed for the elementary school teacher there are capsule portraits of the 6-, 7-, 8-, 9-, and 10-year-old and an outline of a full program for a good school day. Also included are discussions on children's thinking and how it can be encouraged, creativity, the stages of the creative process and ways creativity…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Henderson, Linda Levy; And Others – 1976
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of verbal experience on children's creative expression and to develop more precise means for interpreting and evaluating children's art. Two questions were of interest: (1) Does the experimental approach described here enable children to resist forces tending to cause stereotyped artistic…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Materials, Childrens Art, Cognitive Processes
Wright, E.N.; Wyman, W.C. – 1974
Specific criteria for the rating of each questionnaire item are stated in detail. The teacher is asked, after reading the questions carefully, to assign each second grade student a rating for every question. This rating should be based on a personal knowledge of the student. The booklet is divided into three sections with section 1 focusing on…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention Span, Class Activities, Communication Skills
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