One hundred sixty-eight women, most of them mothers of about age 40, were tested on the 16 PF Questionnaire as part of a group counseling class to help them find new life goals. Scores revealed them to be highly intelligent and highly creative as compared to the standard for adult women. Factor direction suggests that self-renewing women as a…

The bibliography contains 89 abstracts dealing with counseling, achievement, creativity, characteristics, education, and other topics relating to the gifted. Included are an author and subject index and information on cost either for individual documents or for the entire bibliography. (JM)

Self-concept, creativity, growth orientation, an integrated value system, and receptiveness to new experiences are considered to be crucial variables to the self-actualization process. A regular, year-long group counseling program was conducted with 85 randomly selected gifted secondary students in the Farmington, Connecticut Public Schools. A…

Several definitions of the concept of "creativity" are examined in the introductory remarks of this article concerning foreign language instruction. Selected examples of innovational approaches to "creative" foreign language teaching are presented and underscore the belief that creative instruction resides in the ability of the instructor to…

This book points out methods and materials that can be used by teachers helping preschoolers express their ideas and emotions through art. Hints on how to create atmosphere conducive to artwork and how to increase children's awareness of the visual world are given, along with hints on buying, using, and storing materials. Specific instructions are…

This report describes the use of "invention workshops" in the elementary science program to stimulate the creative potential of children and to involve the child in divergent thought proceses. The workshops begin with an interest-getting experience focusing attention on a project open to unlimited creative interpretation; the most effective…

Jackson and Messick present the beginning of a broad theory of creativity which includes four sets of properties by which outcomes of creative processes can be judged. The properties are unusualness, appropriateness, ability to transform the constraints of reality, and ability to condense meaning. Current tests for creativity generally emphasize…

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a supplementary program of 30 lessons to increase the productive thinking abilities (divergent thinking) of educable mentally handicapped students. An experimental group of 30 institutionalized children were given the supplementary lessons at a rate of three per week. The lessons, based…

The author reviews the research conducted on dyadic interaction and its role in the development of creative thinking and problem solving. Earlier research has shown that children at a certain stage prefer to work alone rather than with other children. However, empirical data have shown on the whole that dyadic interactions result in better…

Categories of effective and ineffective behavior in regard to Goal Seven of the Quality Education Program (regarding creativity) are listed. Both the rationales for areas of effective student behavior and the categories of teacher strategies are also included. (See TM 001 375 for project description.) (MS)

This paper describes and illustrates an approach to reading which combines the language experience approach (LEA) and imaginative play. The LEA and the components of the lesson are briefly reviewed. Imaginative play and its descriptive components are identified and explained. The procedure for combining the two elements is roughly as follows: The…

Administrators and supervisory personnel (N=20) of a hospital participated in a workshop in "Creative Management". Participants received eight hours of training in: creative thinking and problem-solving; leadership and group dynamics; and motivation. Comparisons of pre- and posttest ratings revealed gains in both the Leadership and Total Test…

Several classroom activities using sugar cubes, file cards, and other readily available objects are described. The author argues that use of such games can be used to foster mathematical creativity while strengthening computational skills. (SD)

"Openness-to-the-world" is a prerequisite to good personal writing.

A low cost approach to individualized English instruction is described.