The 23 instruments in the bibliography assess a respondent's disposition to inquire into anything, inquisitive nature, and interest in learning. Some of the tests identify exceptional persons -- especially those who are creatively gifted. Measures are available for children and adults. This document is one in a series of topical bibliographies…

Tests were given to a nine-year-old boy to establish the constraints operating when he was writing poetry. The tests involved writing cloze tests on poems by poet Ted Hughes and on a poem the boy had written a year earlier. The boy was also asked to write a poem and then to discuss what he was thinking as he wrote. The following constraints were…

Fifteen papers address issues in therapeutic recreation for disabled persons from the perspectives of practitioners, educators, and students. The following papers are presented. "Therapeutic Recreation Service: The Past and Challenging Present" (H. Sessoms); "Therapeutic Recreatiion in an Era of Limits: A Crisis...A Challenge... An Opportunity"…

Children from open and traditional classrooms were matched for IQ, sex, age, grade and then administered reading and creativity tests. Results showed the high IQ, traditional students had high reading and creativity scores. (DEP)

The assessment of creativity and giftedness in culturally different or economically disadvantaged children is discussed in terms of cultural conditions, general measurement concern, and suggestions for improving creativity measurement in the culturally different. (LH)

A system labeled FORCE (Formulation of Relevant Creative Environments) solved one large company's problems of developing potential creativity, cohesiveness, and increased work productivity within the organization. (MW)

English teachers must come to understand that the essence of language is creation, not communication. (JH)

The teacher of creative writing should be willing to begin by making a fool of himself. (JH)

Discusses the use of natural materials to enrich the learning of hospitalized, emotionally disturbed children. (SDH)

When asked to teach a newly-created course entitled "Women and Creativity," a woman who loved teaching was eager for the opportunity to share stories about women with a class made up primarily of women. The course proposal, course objectives, and suggested texts initially seemed so outlined in scholarly language that the concept of…

The monograph presents a variety of language arts teaching ideas for use with gifted students. Teachers are encouraged to expose children to much literature including poetry, folk tales, riddles, fairy tales, "pourquoi" tales, myths and legends, fantasy, science fiction, and biographies and autobiographies. The document offers the SIMMER theory of…

The literary field offers an especially rich array of examples of the insight phenomenon and demonstrates that insight experiences occur outside the problem-solving paradigm of cognitive science. Analysis shows that the seemingly unitary moment of insight is actually a microgenetic sequence (a rapid sequence of developmental change) deeply…

Time production is an experimental paradigm that compares the accuracy with which a subject can produce a specified time interval relative to actual clock time. Higgins (1987) found that subjects perceived the passage of time as faster or slower, compared to actual time, as an interrelation of personality characteristics and experimental…