Some of the conceptual and methodological problems in identifying and measuring creativity in young children are presented. Among the issues raised are: (1) the prediction of validity of creativity tests, (2) the problem of predicting adult creativity from evidence of childhood creativity, and (3) the need to identify and adequately measure the…

This research project studied the effects of an experimental teacher training program designed to help teachers nurture creativity in their pupils during the initial year of a city school desegregation plan. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. One-half of the teachers participated in an experimental in-service program throughout…

This summary is a condensation of a 119-page major research study. The project studied the effects of an experimental teacher training program designed to help teachers nurture creativity in their pupils during the initial year of a city school desegregation plan. A pretest-posttest control group design was employed. One-half of the teachers…

The Creativity Center, a consortium of 56 cooperating specialists, has as its primary objective the development of a computer-aided process which will assist the common man in solving the problems of daily life more creatively. The current model guides an individual by questions which lead to an acceptable solution to the problem. Over the…

During the 1960's, a good deal of research was conducted on the psychological nature and measurement of creativity and on curriculum and instruction in the nurturing of creativity. (Author)

Viewing a videotaped model giving responses to a creativity test did have an effect on sixth graders' creativity performance in this study, but the effect varied with sex, race, creativity traits measured, and test used. (MJB)

Six guidelines for designing an instrument to measure creativity are presented with a focus on the psychometric and definitional concerns. The Detroit Public School Creative Product Scales is described as a possible approach for measuring creativity. (Author)

The Egyptian architect Wissa Wassef believed artistry in crafts to be an innate human characteristic that would be universally expressed under the right conditions, i.e., the practice of the craft from early childhood. When he had Egyptian peasant children with no previous art experience weave tapestries, the results astounded the world. (RM)

A preliminary scoring system is proposed for identifying creative individuals based on rapid opposite responding to the Kent-Rosanoff Word Association list. (Author/KM)

Describes the four major instruments now in use in the study of the creative ability of young children. (Atuhor)

Cites some agriculture teachers' answers to the question, What's the most creative thing you've ever done?" (SB)

This study is based on a doctoral dissertation submitted to the City University of New York in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in psychology. (MH)

General theories and process models of behavior are analyzed relative to vessels creative functioning, creativity is defined, and theoretical concepts for six phases of the creative process are presented. (MC)

Reviews research dealing with creativity as it applies to the process of reading. (FL)

The author examines various definitions of creativity, from broad global statements to narrow views of testable traits. Concluding that none of these definitions can be operationalized in education, he suggests that educators concentrate on more definable components of creativity, such as critical thinking, aesthetics, and the imagination. (SJL)