Article investigated the contributions which physical education could provide for stimulating children to desire and seek a creative approach to learning. (Editor/RK)

This article deals with a comparison of the congruent and divergent aspects of expressionistic and phenomenological theories of aesthetics and some implications for aesthetic education. (Author)

Article considered the areas of most of the researches into art education and the problem of establishing clarity and priority in the theoretical framework of studies in the field. (Author/RK)

The intention of the study was to show that reliance on performance on New York Survey (mathematics) and National Educational Development Tests for the purpose of identifying individuals for guidance in mathematics might exclude creatively gifted children. (Author)

Discussed the expansion of perceptual learning and the thought processes that relate our ideas. (RK)

Author examined some logical connections between the creative process and the problem of human relations and argued that though antisocial behavior among creative people is normal and expected, it is neither required nor inevitable. (Author/RK)

Article focused on the introduction of creative ways of thinking early in the prospective teacher's college career thereby making him or her a more effective learner in all areas. (Author/RK)

This study examined the effect of the active pursuit of ballet as a hobby on personality. The study group consisted of 62 members of the junior ballet of the Finnish National Opera, ranging in age from 9 to 17 with the majority under 14. The dancers were given four self-esteem questionnaires which measured empathy, creativity, and other…

Critics of divergent thinking tests have argued that these tests only tap more conventional expressions of intelligence, such as the intelligence quotient. This study was undertaken to examine the relationship between divergent thinking and scores on the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC), a measure which assesses sequential processing…

A creativity test along with both a self-concept battery and a behavior rating scale were administered to 55 first-grade children to see whether there existed a link between certain self-concepts such as anxiety, dependency, ego strength, attention, sense of identity, social conformity, behavior, intellectual and school status, physical…

Arguments in favor of and against the use of literary works in second language instruction are examined. Although access to literary works was once a major purpose of language study, literature is currently in disfavor as a means of language instruction. Arguments against the use of literature in language courses include its lack of practical…

Conditions which call for the discovery of a problem were introduced in a divergent-thinking exercise by inserting blank cards in Pattern Meanings and Line Meanings, two tests from the Wallach and Kogan battery. Twenty-three fifth graders were administered the modified tests and responded divergently to their own patterns and lines as well as to…

While personality psychology has a definite contribution to make to the study of industrial psychology and organizational behavior, it is a contribution with parameters, limitations, and areas of expertise which need to be better defined. Many industrial/organizational (I/O) psychologists are skeptical of the utility of personality measures for…

Fifty students from intermediate level learning disabilities classrooms were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as pretests and posttests to measure the effectiveness of creativity instruction on the creative written expression of the subjects. For 14 weeks the Purdue Creative Thinking Program was used to stimulate the learning…

A study of 58 undergraduate students revealed that a positive relationship exists between ego development and creativity. (RB)