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Yager, Robert E., Ed. – 1982
This volume was conceived as a review of basic research in science education and as a discussion of what the research findings mean for K-12 science teachers. The eight reports presented represent different dimensions of science education. Each provides a review of a given dimension and/or a goal of science teaching and suggests ways that current…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Decision Making
Epstein, Carol B. – 1979
The book examines the current status of education for the gifted in the United States and looks at characteristics of good programs. Considered in the first chapter are increasing interest in programs for the gifted and talented, expansion of the definition of "gifted," increased government commitment, and the evolution of programs in Cleveland…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Creativity, Definitions, Educational Needs
Eyde, Donna R., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The collection of 12 papers from the 1979 First Annual Nebraska Symposium focuses on the problem of educating the secondary school aged disturbed student. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Issues in Diagnosis and Programming for Socio-Emotionally Impaired Early Adolescents" (W. Morse); "Adolescent Behavior--The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1978
In this report, the plan for fulfilling the commitment of the Chicago Board of Education to increase the quality of educational opportunities for all students in desegregated settings is described. The plan, which is designed to be realized by the 1982-83 school year, is divided into three parts: (1) district programs, educational initiatives to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Creativity
Stricker, Lawrence J.; Ross, John – 1962
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a Jungian-oriented self-report inventory which classifies people into dichotomous categories along four scales: extraversion-introversion, sensation-intuition, thinking-feeling, and judgment-perception. Introduced in 1942, the scoring and items have changed after several items analyses. Form F contains 51 phrase…
Descriptors: Creativity, Factor Analysis, High Schools, Higher Education
COVINGTON, MARTIN V.
A GENERAL, PROBLEM-SOLVING PROGRAM (GPSP), CONSISTING OF 16 CREATIVE PROBLEMS FOR THE FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE LEVELS PRESENTED IN A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL LINEAR FORMAT, WAS DEVELOPED AS A PROTOTYPE OF INSTRUCTIONAL LINEAR MATERIALS ON CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING. THROUGHOUT THE SERIES OF LESSONS, A STORY LINE IS MAINTAINED TO GIVE THE READER A SET OF…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Oriented Programs, Creative Development, Creative Teaching
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1976
The report contains 39 speeches by cultural affairs ministers at a 1976 Council of Europe conference in Oslo, Norway. The focus is on four themes: (1) the challenge of cultural policy in a changing society, (2) cultural policy as an instrument for improving the quality of life, (3) encouraging artistic creation, and (4) European cultural…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Citizen Participation, Conference Reports, Creative Development
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Langrehr, John; And Others – 1979
The psychological dimensions hypothesized to describe common instructional treatments and materials, and the relevant psychological characteristics assumed to describe students are discussed in their relationship to studies of aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI). The Annehurst Curriculum Classification System is described as a practical model…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Classification, Cognitive Style
Gallagher, James J. – 1966
Research is summarized and analyzed in this revision of the author's 1960 "Analysis of Research on the Education of Gifted Children," which was used as a guide in the construction and implementation of the Illinois Plan for Program Development for Gifted Children. Information is provided on identification and definition and on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrative Organization, Ancillary Services
Livesay, Dorothy – A Publication of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English, 1968
In contrast to the kind of leisurely climate that nurtured such creative artists of the past as the Brontes or Fanny Burney, today's adolescents exist in a frantic academic and social whirl in which their only leisure is often "a negative inertia against planned activity." To develop these students' potential as creative individuals and as social…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Contemporary Literature, Creative Development, Creativity
Chambers, Jack A.; Barron, Frank – 1978
The study was designed to provide a relatively simple method of identifying gifted Mexican-American elementary school children, using as Ss approximately 298 Mexican-Americans (in grades 3-6) from both urban and rural schools. Ss were rated by present and former teachers on traits found to be characteristic of highly creative and talented…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Check Lists, Creativity Tests, Cultural Differences
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. Navajo Reading Study. – 1974
During the 1974 spring semester, the Sanostee-Toadlena Title VII Bilingual Education Project focused on "how and what to teach Navajo children". The on-site program included courses in human and growth development, classroom learning, production of materials, social studies, science methods, mathematics methods, developmental reading,…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Creativity
Richards, Ruth L.; Casey, M. Beth – 1975
This study was designed to test the validity of using creativity and academic motivation variables, in addition to the traditional variables of scholastic aptitude and high school GPA, as predictors of college GPA. The sample consisted of the 1973-74 freshman class at the College of Basic Studies (CBS) at Boston University; CBS is a two-year…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Achievement Tests
Schools Council, London (England). – 1972
Profiles for all curriculum research and development projects being sponsored wholly or in part by the Schools Council as of June 1, 1972, and a number due to start in 1973 are provided in a loose-leaf format. These profiles are intended as a brief introduction to the work of the Council's research and development projects and are grouped under…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Creativity, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research
Di Pietro, Robert J. – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1971
The distinction between artifact and tool is introduced into the study of language diversity and the posting of linguistic universals. A complicating factor in all language investigations is the use of language as the chief tool to create new language. Analogy and metaphor are considered as two major creative forces at work in all languages.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Creativity, Deep Structure
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